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Systems in Timber Engineering

Loadbearing Structures and Component Layers

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Josef Kolb
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Editors:
  1. Lignum — Holzwirtschaft Schweiz, Zurich
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  2. DGfH — German Society of Wod Research, Munich
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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
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  2. Principles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Wood — natural building material with potential

      Pages 10-17

    3. Ecology, sustainable building

      Pages 18-21

    4. Conception and design

      Pages 22-31

    5. Material

      Pages 32-36

  3. Construction systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Overview of systems

      Pages 38-41

    3. Fabrication processes

      Pages 42-49

    4. Log construction

      Pages 50-53

    5. Timber-frame construction

      Pages 54-59

    6. Balloon frame, platform frame

      Pages 60-61

    7. Panel construction

      Pages 62-85

    8. Frame construction

      Pages 86-111

    9. Solid timber construction

      Pages 112-135

    10. Roof structures

      Pages 136-157

    11. Suspended floor structures

      Pages 158-181

    12. Multi-storey timber buildings

      Pages 182-200

  4. Building envelope, walls, suspended floors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Fundamentals, functions, tasks

      Pages 202-223
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About this book

The system concept determines the character of timber structures. from DGfH and Lignum. The patient, meticulous team from the Birkhauser publishing house was always on hand throughout the Up until the mid 1990s it was sufficient to be familiar with tra- tional systems such as log construction, timber frame construc- work. I am also grateful to the advisory committee for its c- tion, and stud construction, and to be aware of panel construc- structive criticism and support, Ueli Rhiner for the design of the tion and modern frame construction, which were new at the time. book, and Charles von Buren for his help in all matters related to In the meantime, the situation has changed completely. Structures publishing. And it is only thanks to "holz 21", the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, and funds to promote forest and have become much taller and also larger. New loadbearing s- tems have been introduced. And it is no longer the loadbearing timber research that this book could be produced at all. Further systems alone that are important th e building envelope, too, as a valuable assistance was provided by Lignum (the umbrella orga- sation for the Swiss forestry and timber industries), DGfH (German result of system solutions, has become a self contained functional medium which is coordinated, however, with the loadbearing Society of Wood Research), and a number of supplier companies structure. The same applies to walls and suspended floors. to the timber industry.

About the author

Josef Kolb was Director of Technology for Lignum in Zurich and has been active in many areas for a number of years as an outstanding expert with his own engineering firm specializing in timber construction.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Systems in Timber Engineering

  • Book Subtitle: Loadbearing Structures and Component Layers

  • Authors: Josef Kolb

  • Editors: Lignum — Holzwirtschaft Schweiz, Zurich, DGfH — German Society of Wod Research, Munich

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8690-0

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Architecture and Design, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Basel 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 319

  • Number of Illustrations: 750 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Basics of Construction

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