timberas 0.3.0

timberas is a Python package for the design of timber structures to relevant Australian Standards

About

timberas is a Python package with tools to support research and design of Australian timber structures. It can be used to determine the material properties, section properties, and design capacities for structural members as per Australian Standard AS1720.1:2020 (Timber Structures Part 1: Design Methods).

Documentation

Detailed information on timberas is available in package documentation at timberas.readthedocs.io. This includes project background, examples, and an API reference guide.

Installation

timberas can be installed from the Python Package index:

pip install timberas

For more detailed instructions, please refer to the documentation.

Current Features

• Section library: define sections and calculate section properties from typical Australian timber product dimensions, or from custom user input.
• Material library: create timber materials from typical Australian grade classifications (F-Grade, MGP, Glulam), or from custom user input.
• Design capacity calculations: solve the design capacities of structural timber members in tension, compression, bending, and shear, following AS1720.1 design methods.

Questions, Feedback, and Contributions

If you have questions, feedback, or suggestions for further development, please email Joe Gattas or create an issue on the timberas github repository.

Similarly, if you find any bugs, or are interested to contribute to the project, please create an issue or email Joe.

License

timberas is an open source engineering tool provided under an MIT License. Please refer to the LICENSE file for more information.

Please note that this software has been developed by student and academic engineering researchers, NOT by chartered or registered engineers.

Acknowledgements

This package has been developed from research projects supported by the University of Queensland, ARC Future Timber Hub (2016-2021), and ARC Advance Timber Hub (2022-).

If you use timberas for projects or scientific publications, please consider citing our journal paper:

Jiang, J., Ottenhaus, L. M., & Gattas, J. M. (2023). A parametric design framework for timber framing span tables. Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, 1-16. doi:10.1080/14488353.2023.2227432.