Timber Design in FEM-Design2026-02-24T15:48:15+01:00
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Timber Design

The Timber Design module in FEM-Design helps you find the most suitable timber bar cross-sections and panel types through fast auto-design and utilisation checks according to Eurocode 5.

The module can work with vast array of wood materials from cross laminated timber (CLT), fibre, oriented strand (OSB) and/or particle boards.

The simple User interface helps you examine bar and panel systems in a 3D environment whilst considering the realistic behaviour of wood materials with buckling and fire effects.

Watch the Timber Design Overview Video

Timber Design Module Features

  • Timber design according to Eurocode 5

  • Easily check transitions and bends, as time classes and reduction factors for stiffness have already been considered in the 3D model

  • Automatic calculation of the buckling coefficient considering structural stiffness

  • Lateral torsional buckling and other essential stability checks

  • Ability to calculate model nonlinearly with initial curvature

  • Automatic profile optimisation and design for fire effects

  • Beams with variable cross section and apex check

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Calculations performed according to:

  • Eurocode
  • Belgian Annex
  • British Annex
  • Danish Annex
  • Dutch Annex
  • Estonian Annex
  • Finnish Annex
  • German Annex
  • Hungarian Annex
  • Latvian Annex
  • Norwegian Annex
  • Polish Annex
  • Romanian Annex
  • Spanish Annex
  • Swedish Annex
Languages supported:
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Dutch
  • Hungarian
  • Polish
2nd Generation Eurocode under development
second generation Eurocodes

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