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Timber Beam and Surface Structures | Part 2: Design
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First Steps with RFEM
Description
In this webinar we show you how to use the structural analysis software RFEM for designing beam and surface structures made of timber.
Time Schedule:
00:00 Introduction
02:00 Designing Surface Elements (Cross-Laminated Timber Slabs) According to EC 5 in RF-LAMINATE
21:40 Designing Member Elements According to Eurocode 5 in RF-TIMBER Pro
32:20 Designing Connections According to EC 5 in RF-JOINTS Timber - Steel to Timber and RF-LIMITS
Keywords
Dlubal Webinar Free online webinar RFEM Timber Timber Structures Glued laminated timber Cross-laminated timber GL xlam EC 5 Eurocode 5 EN 1995-1-1 Webinar about Dlubal Software Webinar Dlubal Tutorial
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Load Combinations in Timber Structures for European and American Timber Standards
In addition to determining loads, some particularities concerning the load combinatorics in timber design have to be considered.
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Timber Design | Strength and Stability | Input
The structural system is entered and the internal forces are calculated in the programs RFEM and RSTAB. The program provides access to the extensive material and cross-section libraries.
Timber Design is completely integrated into the main programs and automatically takes into account the structure and the available calculation results. Further entries for the timber design, such as effective lengths, cross-section reductions, or design parameters, are assigned to the objects to be designed. It is possible to select the elements graphically by using the [Select] function.
- Which Dlubal Software programs can I use to calculate and design timber structures?
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How do I define a member as a cantilever and not as supported at both ends for serviceability or deflection design?
- I would like to export nodal support forces of several load cases, load combinations and result combinations into an Excel spreadsheet in RFEM 6. How should I proceed?
- Where can find the option to hide the defined types (for example, design supports or effective lengths)?
- How do I create a user-defined Design Situation with my own chosen load combinations?
- How can I neglect torsion in the steel and timber design?
- How do I perform stability analysis to determine the critical load factor in RFEM 6?
- Where can I find the materials for the corresponding National Annexes in RFEM 6 and RSTAB 9?
- What is the meaning of the superposition according to the CQC rule in a dynamic analysis??
- How does the "Orthotropic Plastic" material model work in RFEM?
- I would like to export nodal support forces of several load cases, load combinations and result combinations into an Excel spreadsheet in RFEM 6. How should I proceed?