[week 2] three connection problems

To span the desired distance of 9 meters a solid wood beam will not be very effective. Therefore a composition of different parts is desired with standard sizes of for example 4.8 meter. A common beam for the Passive House concept is the wooden FJI beam. This product uses glue which should be avoided in a 100% Cradle to Cradle building.

The three connection problems that arise are:

• flange-web: this connection will need to withstand diagonal tension forces
• flange-flange: the top flange will be compresses due to the bending moment and the down flange will be under tension
• web-web: a connection is not totally necessary because there are no compression or tension forces but connection the web will transfer shear forces and guarantee a smooth force distribution

These problems are being solved with possible designs.

[week 1] comments from P2

This is the report about my graduation process. I will try to update it every week. With writing down the progress regularly it is a good tool to evaluate the process. Besides it is more clear at the end (week 18).

At 13 January was a go/no go presentation of the initial design and learning plan.

Comments were:
- why is steel used for the connections (and not glue for example)
- drawings are not complete with information, they have little depth
- starting points and red line not totally clear
- did you look at all variants possible
- why should an architect pick this product
- presentation could have more relation between images and speech