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    CE133-4 LEC1 Introduction

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    This document provides an introduction to timber design. It defines timber as a structural material and lists its advantages as being renewable, durable, easily shaped, and having high strength to weight ratio. However, it also lists disadvantages such as being flammable and susceptible to decay. The document describes the structure of a tree trunk's cross-section and the different types of timber. It discusses growth rings and the different wood cells that make up timber's structural elements. The learning objectives are to define timber, list its pros and cons, visualize a tree's structure, and know timber types.

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    This document provides an introduction to timber design. It defines timber as a structural material and lists its advantages as being renewable, durable, easily shaped, and having high strength to weight ratio. However, it also lists disadvantages such as being flammable and susceptible to decay. The document describes the structure of a tree trunk's cross-section and the different types of timber. It discusses growth rings and the different wood cells that make up timber's structural elements. The learning objectives are to define timber, list its pros and cons, visualize a tree's structure, and know timber types.

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    This document provides an introduction to timber design. It defines timber as a structural material and lists its advantages as being renewable, durable, easily shaped, and having high strength to weight ratio. However, it also lists disadvantages such as being flammable and susceptible to decay. The document describes the structure of a tree trunk's cross-section and the different types of timber. It discusses growth rings and the different wood cells that make up timber's structural elements. The learning objectives are to define timber, list its pros and cons, visualize a tree's structure, and know timber types.

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    CE133-4 LEC1 Introduction

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    Andrea Sochayseng Solijon
    This document provides an introduction to timber design. It defines timber as a structural material and lists its advantages as being renewable, durable, easily shaped, and having high strength to weight ratio. However, it also lists disadvantages such as being flammable and susceptible to decay. The document describes the structure of a tree trunk's cross-section and the different types of timber. It discusses growth rings and the different wood cells that make up timber's structural elements. The learning objectives are to define timber, list its pros and cons, visualize a tree's structure, and know timber types.

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    INTRODUCTION TO

    TIMBER DESIGN
    LECTURE 1
    LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

    • To define timber as a structural material


    • To enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of timber
    • To visualize the structure and the cross-section of a tree trunk
    • To know the types of timber
    INTRODUCTION
    Timber (as a structural material) :
    Oldest known material used in construction
    Unlike steel and concrete, timber are very sensitive to
    environmental conditions
     Direct effect on strength and stiffness, swelling or shrinkage of timber
    Uses: beams, columns, trusses, girders and building systems such
    as piles, deck members, railway foundations, and temporary forms
    INTRODUCTION
    Timber (as beams and girders) :
    INTRODUCTION
    Timber (as columns) :
    INTRODUCTION
    Timber (as railway foundations) :
    INTRODUCTION
    Timber (as trusses) :
    ADVANTAGES
    Timber (as a structural material) :

    Renewable Easily shaped, repaired altered


    Durable and readily available Resistance to oxidation and
    High Strength to weight ratio corrosive agents
    Good insulating properties Shock resistance
    DISADVANTAGES
    Timber (as a structural material) :
    Flammable
    Can decay or rot (due to moisture and insects)
    Susceptible to volumetric instability (timber shrinks)
    Properties are highly variable between species and even between
    trees of the same species.
    Variation in strength within the cross section of a tree log
    TIMBER STRUCTURE
    Cross-section of mature tree trunk:
    TIMBER STRUCTURE
    Types of Timber
    TIMBER STRUCTURE
    Types of Timber
    TIMBER STRUCTURE
    Types of Timber
    TIMBER STRUCTURE
    Types of Timber
    TIMBER STRUCTURE
    Growth Rings
    Determine the age of the tree by counting the rings
    More than one ring may formed in one season due to drought or
    defoliation by insects
     −Inner rings usually do not have sharply defined boundaries (false rings)
     −Trees with very small crowns or accidentally lost most of its foliage may form an
    incomplete growth layer (discontinuous rings)

    Early wood: large cavities, thin walls


    Late wood: small cavities, thick walls
    TIMBER STRUCTURE
    Wood Cells or Grains
    Structural elements of wood tissue
    Dry wood cells maybe empty or partly filled with deposits such as
    resins and gums
    Majority are considerably elongated and pointed at the ends
     Fibers or tracheids (softwood) and vessel (hardwood)
    HOMEWORK # 1
    • Cite examples of softwood and hardwood use here in the
    Philippines. (at least 3 examples each type)
    • Include pictures and some information about it.
    • Online submission, pdf or word.
    • Deadline: next meeting, March 4, 2019.

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