Master programme

Tragwerke aus Holz (Timber Building Design)(elective module)

Lecturer: Prof. Sieder Scope: V/Ü 4LP recommended for für: 2. Master-Semester (summer semester)

Contents:

• Spatiality of the supporting structures
• Primary systems such as compression members, trusses, frames, arches and their secondary systems
• Actions on secondary systems
• Quasi-perfect primary systems
• Effects of imperfections on secondary systems
• Materialisation of secondary systems
• Fundamentals of the robustness of structures
• Examples of component failures
• Forms and history of timber bridges
• Structural models for timber bridges

Additional offer: Seminar/Homework

Qualification goals:

Students acquire knowledge in the development of design solutions for various construction tasks in timber construction and knowledge in the presentation of their solutions in the form of drawings, descriptions and oral presentations.

Contents:

In addition to the lectures and exercises, there will be a seminar course on the actual content of the timber structures course, the aim of which is for students to complete two homework assignments. Here, students will work on construction tasks in timber construction. Creative thinking in design and construction is to be trained in dialogue with the lecturers and within the student group. The required construction tasks are distributed over the summer semester with increasing requirements. Building on the work completed as part of the "Timber Structures" course, students will then be required to complete their own design in the following winter semester, either in "Design in Civil Engineering" or "Design in Structural Engineering".

Examination modalities:

• Written exam
• Passing the coursework (in the form of two homework assignments)

Entwerfen im Ingenieurbau (Design in civil engineering) (elective course)

Seminar: Enwerfen im Ingenieurbau (Design in civil engineering)

Lecturer: Prof. Sieder Scope: 2LP recommended for: 3. Master-Semester (winter semester)

Contents:

• Basics for timber construction-specific design of supporting structures
• Theory of modelling
• from principle to detailed modelling
• Calculating and modelling connections
• Dimensioning of complex connections
• Flexibility of connections
• Modelling of connections
• Stiffening loads
• Building bracing
• Verification of building components and their fasteners under various loads
• Design of a hall structure and a wide-span construction

Entwerfen im Hochbau (Design in building construction)(elective course)

Seminar: Enwerfen im Hochbau (Design in building construction)

Lecturer: Prof. Sieder Scope: 2LP recommended for: 3. Master-Semester (winter semester)

Contents:

• Basics for timber construction-specific design of supporting structures
• Theory of modelling
• from principle to detailed modelling
• Calculating and modelling connections
• Dimensioning of complex connections
• Flexibility of connections
• Modelling of connections
• Stiffening loads
• Building bracing
• Verification of building components and their fasteners under various loads
• Design of multi-storey timber construction in residential and commercial/office buildings

Bauwerkserhaltung im Holzbau (Preservation of Historical Timber Structures) (compulsory course)

Lecturer: Prof. Sieder Scope: V/Ü 4LP recommended for: 2. Master-Semester (summer semester)

Contents:

• Assessment of historical timber structures
• Options for the preservation, strengthening and repair of historic timber structures
• Historical building techniques in timber construction
• Load-bearing capacity of carpentry connections
• Static modelling of existing timber structures
• Collapse mechanisms and damage
• Non-destructive, low-destructive and destructive methods of assessing the strength of timber structures

Examination modalities: 

• Portfolio

Tragfähigkeitsüberprüfung von Holzkonstruktionen im Bestand (Load-bearing capacity testing of timber structures in existing buildings) (elective course)

Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Maria Loebjinski Scope: 2LP recommended for: 3. Master-Semester (winter semester)

Contents:

• Checking the load-bearing capacity of existing structures
• Necessity / boundary conditions of an inspection
• Applicable normative regulations and their limits
• Repetition of the basics of the semi-probabilistic design concept
• Options for updating the load-bearing capacity
• Options for strengthening measures in timber construction

KollapSYS (elective course)

Lecturer: N.N. 2LP recommended for: 3. Master-Semester (winter semester)

Contents:

• Construction
• Design and construction of a supporting structure taking into account the aspects of load-bearing capacity
• serviceability and durability
• Learning from damage
• Event of failure of components or the entire structure
• Analysis / knowledge of damage / catastrophic events
• Dealing with real disasters or damaged structures for a better understanding of structures and their load-bearing behaviour

Student research project in timber construction (elective module)

Lecturer: Prof. Sieder Scope: 6LP

Qualification goals:

Students acquire knowledge of current research and development activities in timber construction and basic principles of methodology for the preparation of research proposals for new ideas, as well as in the presentation of their approaches in the form of a written paper and oral presentation.

Contents:

As part of this course, students deal with current practical and scientific issues and develop ideas and concepts for research and development potential while acquiring methodological expertise. Current research topics in timber construction are analysed and approaches for future topics are found in an exchange of content with the lecturers and within the student group. In connection with the research activities of the institute, a preliminary draft for a concrete research idea is to be written and presented.

Examination modalities:

• Portfolio

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