Latest publication by the authors: Estructuras de Madera: Bases de Cálculo
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Estructuras de madera. Diseño y cálculo (Timber structures. Design and calculation)
Ramón Argüelles Álvarez, Francisco Arriaga Martitegui, Miguel Esteban Herrero, Guillermo Iñiguez González and Ramón Argüelles Bustillo
Published by AITIM, 2013. www.aitim.es
Contents
This book is intended for timber construction professionals (architects and engineers) and for university students of this construction technology. Its authors are university lecturers, so it has been structured as a textbook, including not only the method but also its fundamentals and examples of practical application. Its content is based on Eurocode 5 and the Spanish Technical Building Code (CTE).
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Physical and mechanical properties
3. Timber products for structural use
4. Basis of design
5. Deformations and vibrations
6. Verification of cross-sections
7. Instability of timber members
8. Special verifications for glued laminated timber members of variable cross-section or curved axis
9. Built-up beams
10. Built-up columns
11. Preliminary sizing
Appendices
a) Elasticity in orthotropic materials
b) Test methodology for determining mechanical properties
c) Determination of mechanical properties from small, defect-free specimens
d) Effect of load duration on strength
e) Effect of the age of the structure on its load-bearing capacity
f) Timber grading
g) Characteristic values of panel properties
h) Effect of variations in moisture content on the deformations and stresses of timber members
i) Fundamentals of the buckling factor in columns
j) Theoretical fundamentals of global buckling of the structure and effective lengths of its members.
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