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Metal Structures III
FAST-CO02Acad. year: 2011/2012
Steel towers: categorization; static and dynamic analysis; fatigue strength.
Connections in steel construction system.
Thin-walled cold-formed structures: design principles; specific problems of thin-walled cold-formed structural members; limit states; connections; practical usage.
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2. Steel towers - static and dynamic analysis.
3. Fatigue strength.
4. Connections in steel construction system, Classification of semi rigid connection.
5. Rotation stiffness, moment carrying capacity, numerical analysis.
6. Thin-walled cold-formed structural members – basic design principles.
7. Local and distorsional buckling of thin-walled cold-formed structural members.
8. Thin-walled cold-formed structural members – load-carrying capacity and serviceability limit states.
9. Connections of thin-walled cold-formed structural members – mechanical and welded connections.
10. Thin-walled cold-formed structural members – examples of realized structures, practical design aspects.
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Basic literature
Ferjenčík, P., Melcher, J. a kol.: Navrhovanie ocelových konštrukcií. ALFA Bratislava, 1986. (CS)
Marek, P. a kol.: Kovové konstrukce pozemních staveb. Praha SNTL, 1985. (CS)
Wanke, J., Spal, L.: Ocelové trubkové konstrukce. Praha SNTL, 1975. (CS)
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