Analysis of a timber-concrete unit supported by a steel frame

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to carry out an analysis of a timber-concrete unit supported by a steel frame. This analysis will be conducted on a five-story apartment building being designed and engineered by WAY Structural Technology in Vantaa, Finland. The main goal is to find the interaction between the different materials to determine the required contact points between the units and the frame. To accomplish this, first the structure was analysed to find critical points for further analysis and preliminary calculations were conducted by hand to determine internal forces, deflections and capacities of key load bearing elements. Next, the structure was modelled in different ways to find the most appropriate and applicable solution. Finally, the modelling solution found in the previous step was simplified and used to analyse the deflections and determine the required contact points.