Timber and Masonry 1

The other two materials of South African building: timber joists and beams, by EN 1995-1-1 or SANS 10163-1, and masonry walls and lintels by SANS 10164, each with a STATIX calculator.

Lessons

Lesson 1Timber beams: grades, duration and two routesGrades, service class, load duration and creep, bending, shear, bearing and deflection, EN 1995 and SANS 10163-1. Lesson 2Timber beams in practiceNotches and holes, bearing, lateral stability of deep joists, uplift, built-up and engineered members, durability. Lesson 3Timber floors, fire and membersFloor vibration and deflection, load sharing, fire by charring, axial force and bolted ends in outline. Lesson 4Masonry walls under vertical loadUnits and mortar, f_k, slenderness and β, eccentricity from floors, cavity walls, piers and beam ends. Lesson 5Masonry under wind, and reinforced masonryPanels under wind, support conditions and α, flexural strengths, openings, cavity ties, reinforced walls. Lesson 6LintelsArching and the load triangle, floors and beams above, precast, masonry and RC lintels, the bearing under the ends.

Who it is for

Students and graduate engineers after a first course in loads.
Technologists who design houses, small buildings and roofs.
Engineers who work mostly in concrete and steel.

Before this course

It uses the loads of Loads 1 (permanent and imposed loads, wind and the load take-down).

The STATIX tools it uses

The timber beam calculator (EN 1995-1-1 or SANS 10163-1).
The masonry wall calculator (SANS 10164-1 and -2, BS 5628-1 or EN 1996-1-1).
The lintel calculator.

How each lesson works

Learning outcomes and what you need before you start.
Short theory with many sketches, with clause numbers to look up in your own copy of the code.
Worked examples by hand, every number shown, checked against the STATIX calculators.
The same problem in a STATIX calculator.
Exercises with answers, a short self-check quiz and the lesson on one page.

Universities and colleges

Universities and colleges: one licence for the department; students sign in with their university email. Lecturers can use the lessons and the calculators in class and in tutorials.

Course material for learning. Check every value against the current codes and have every design checked by a registered professional engineer.

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