Course Topics
Elaboration of the fundamentals for the design of timber structures based on the basic mechanical principles of elastostatics. Insight into the essential standards of Eurocode 0, 1, and 5.

Teaching format
Seminar work supervised in the lecture room.

Educational objectives
Specific educational objectives The course aims to teach participants the basic formal relationships of structural design, primarily in timber construction, and practical methods for solving problems in these contexts. Knowledge and understanding: • Understanding of the basic design concept for load-bearing structures - based on limit states - and the necessity of safety factors. • Basic knowledge of modeling buildings and load-bearing structures in structural engineering. Applying knowledge and understanding: • Basic knowledge of real load-bearing behavior and necessary simplified model approaches • Application of theoretical content through exercises, case studies and project work as well as understanding the problems presented. Theoretical content is illustrated by means of calculation exercises using practical examples. Making judgments: • Based on what they have learned, students are able to describe the function of real load-bearing systems. Communication skills: • The students are able to actively participate in subject-specific discussions using the specific terminology based on what they have learned. Learning skills • Students learn the subject matter both through frontal teaching (theoretical part) and through exercises in the lecture hall (practical exercises) • Students are able to expand their acquired knowledge through self-taught self-study and consultation of scientific and technical texts.

Assessment
Assessment of the written seminar thesis as part of the attendance in the laboratory units and final presentation of the small project.

Evaluation criteria
Assessment: pass/fail. The final mark is determined 100% from the results of the laboratory/seminar work. Criteria for assessment: Correctness of the individual tasks, impression and cooperation in the context of the laboratory units, impression and correctness of the written laboratory work.