Design of a tennis hall with timber frame structure

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to present the design of a tennis hall with a timber frame structure. The main objective is to make a functional, safe, and stable indoor sports facility. The structure is located in Jászapáti, Hungary, where three tennis courts are already exist. The purpose of the thesis is to improve the existing facility by designing a covered indoor tennis hall, which will allow the courts to be used throughout the year. In addition to the tennis courts, the project includes the design of auxiliary spaces such as changing rooms, showers, lobby, café, medical room, coach’s room, equipment room, and technical rooms. The main structural system of the hall consists of glued-laminated timber frames with V-shaped struts, which makes the tennis play area open and free from internal columns. Building has the length of 60,25 m, width of 41,95 m, and height of 12,65 m. During the design of the structure loads such as dead-load, snow, wind and imposed were determined and applied to the structure using the engineering software AXIS VM. After that the structure was checked for stability. Calculations were made for main load-bearing elements such as columns, frames and inclined struts. These elements were checked for compression, bending, shear, combined loading, and stability. The results of the calculations showed that the selected timber sections satisfy the required strength and stability criteria. The thesis demonstrates that timber frame structures can provide an efficient and environmentally friendly solution for large-span sports buildings, combining structural reliability, architectural functionality, and sustainable construction principles.