Teaching in winter terms

• Timber Construction (M.Sc. Civil Engineering)

Teaching in summer terms

• Building Construction II - Timber (B.Sc. Civil Engineering)

Please contact me if you are interested in writing a Bachelor's or Master's thesis in the field of timber constructions. I will be glad to support you.

Vita

since 06/2024
Junior Professor (Tenure-Track) for Timber Engineering and Building Construction , HafenCity University, Hamburg

since 10/2021
Project Manager in the field of structural design, str.ucture GmbH, Stuttgart

since 10/2021
Lecturer for Structural Engineering and Timber Connections in the Master’s program “Energy Efficiency and Timber Construction”, Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences

07/2020
PhD-Thesis „Design and calculation of notched beam supports and mortise and tenon joints in timber construction “

01/2016 until 09/2021
Scientific member at the chair of Timber Construction and Building Rehabilitation, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kassel, Germany

10/2013 until 12/2015
Master Studies in Civil Engineering at the University of Kassel

10/2009 until 05/2013
Bachelor Studies „ Wood Building and Construction “, Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences

Research Projects

04/2019 until 04/2020  
Research and development project with Würth GmbH & Co KG: Development of fully threaded screws with internal fibre optic strain measurement for continuous measurement of axial forces in fasteners             

11/2017 until 04/2019  
ZIM cooperation project with Pirmin Jung Deutschland GmbH: Development of form-fit connections and their dimensioning system for multi-storey timber panel construction

01/2016 until 10/2017  
ZIM cooperation project with Cordes Holzbau: Development and production of form-fit timber-timber connections including calculation model for spatially complex geometries

2024

Claus T., Ehrhardt K., Lienhard J., Michalski A., Stute P., Burger S. (2024): A Paradigm in Digital Design for a Complex Timber Framework, Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), 2024.

K. Ehrhardt, T. Claus, J. Lienhardt, A. Michalski, Ph. Stute, S. Burger: A Case of Integrated Architectural and Structural Innovation in Timber Construction, Design Modelling Symposium (DMS), Kassel, Germany, 2024

2022

Claus, T., Seim, W., Küllmer J.: Load distribution of self-tapping screws - Experimental investigations with FBG measurement screws, European Journal of Wood and Wood Products Volume 80 / Issue 1 (2022), S. 183-197, 2022.

2021

Claus, T., Seim, W.: Formschlüssige Verbindungen für den Holzbau (Form-fit connections for timber construction), Bauen mit Holz 1/2021

Claus, T., Seim, W.: FE-Analysis of end-notches beams and tenon joints – J-integral versus cohesive zone modelling XVI International Conference on Computational Plasticity. Fundamentals and Applications COMPLAS 2021

2020

Claus, T.: Entwurf und Berechnung von ausgeklinkten Trägerauflagern und Zapfenverbindungen im Holzbau (Design and calculation of notched beam supports and mortise and tenon joints in timber construction), PhD-Thesis, University of Kassel, 2020.

Claus, T., Seim, W.: Zapfenverbindungen im Holzbau – bruchmechanische Analyse und Vorschlag eines Berechnungsmodells (Mortise and tenon joints in timber construction - fracture mechanics analysis and proposal of a calculation model), Bautechnik 97/S2, 76-85, 2020.

2018

Claus, T., Seim, W.: Development of the multiple tenon timber connection based on experimental studies and FE simulation Engineering Structures 173, 331-339, 2018.

Claus, T., Seim, W., Liese, J.: Friction under cyclic loading 15th World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, 2018.

Claus, T., Riehle, T., Seim, W., Götz, T.: Interlocking shear wall connections 15th World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, 2018.

2016

Claus, T., Seim, W., Schröder, S.: Multiple tenons- Experimental study on load-bearing capacity and deformation characteristics, 14th World Conference on Timber Engineering, Vienna, 2016.

Claus, T., Seim, W.: Multiple tenons - Numerical studies on local reinforcement and geometrical optimization, 14th World Conference on Timber Engineering, Vienna, 2016.

Collaboration in

Seim, W., Hummel, J.: Timber Engineering - Basics Course: Elements and Connections (in German: Ingenieurholzbau Basiswissen: Tragelemente und Verbindungen), Ernst & Sohn, 2019.

Seim, W.: Timber Engineering - Advanced Course: Structures and Calculation Methods (in German: Ingenieurholzbau Vertiefung: Tragwerke und Berechnungsmethoden), Ernst & Sohn, 2022.