Course detail
Construction machines
FAST-BW56Acad. year: 2013/2014
Mechanisation of building processes. Partial and complete mechanization. Stages of mechanization. Technical-economic efficiency rates of machinery. Rates of the fund requirements of the production. Efficiency of building machines. Efficiency of machine complexes. Cost requirements of building machines. Affect of mechanization on works. Driving units of building machines. Control and operation of building machines. Division of rocks. Mechanisation of earth works. Technology of earth works. Transportation and deposition of earth. Theory of compacting. Selection of compacting technology. Drilling of rocks and drilling technology. Machines for aggregate treatment. Mechanisation of the concrete mixture production. Transportation and storing of concrete mixture. Machines for building and treatment of roads. Manner of construction foundations. Underground technologies. Assembly processes. Material handling. Mechanisation of demolition works. Material recycling. Complex care for building machines. World trends in mechanization and application of robotics in building works.
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Course curriculum
2. Power-driven machines in civil engineering. Pneumatic motors. Hydraulic motors. Pumps. Compressors. Pressure vessels. Fans. Electric central stations. Air heating sets.
3. Execution of earth works and structures of earth and rocks. Division of rocks. Technology properties of rocks. Working procedure at mining by scrapers.
4. Work with dozers, scrapers, s rippers, and graders. Capacity of machines. Manners of transportation of mucks during earth works. Deposition of earth. Transportation of bulk materials. Compacting.
5. Rock works. Substance of drilling. Types of drilling works. Drilling hammers. Drilling assemblies.
6. Treatment of stone materials and building materials. Crushing. Milling. Sorting. Washing. Granulating.
7. Production of concrete mixtures. Deposition of fractions in gravel and concrete system. Transporters and magazines of concrete. Transportation and dosing of fractions.
8. Transportation and deposition of concrete mixtures. Pumping of concrete mixture. Vibration technology. Production of concrete reinforcements. Joining. Welding.
9. Construction and repairs of roads. Stabilization of subbase. Mixing machines. Milling machines. Packing machines. Diagnostics of the quality of bodies. Loading capacity. Planarity. Roughness.
10. Method of construction foundation. Drilling assemblies. Pile hammers. Extractors. Assemblies for big-diameter pilots. Underground technology. Extrusion. Tunnellings.
11. Assembly processes. Height transportation and crane transportation. Band transporters. High-lift transportation. Transportation of lump and bulk material.
12. Mechanization of demolition works. Sanitation of buildings and roofs. Recycling of materials.
13. Complete care for building machines. Automation and robotics. Laser technology in the construction machine control. Environmental impact of mechanization.
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
CAPUZZI, Q.: Modern technology and machinery for merble quarrying. Beneti macchine s.r.I., Carrara Italy,, 1992.
GRISWOLD, J.: Fuels, Combustion and Furnaces. New York, Mc Graw-Hill Book Co., 1992.
IRESON, W. G.: Reliability Handbook. New York, Mc Graw-Hill Book Co., 1986.
Juríček,J. a kol.:: Technológia pozemných stavieb 1. Alfa, Bratislava, 1992.
Lízal P. a kol: Technologie stavebních procesů. Hrubá spodní stavba. VUT Brno, 2003.
Maršál P.: Stavební stroje. VUT Brno, 2004.
Masopust,J: Vrtané piloty. Čeněk a Ježek, Praha, 1994.
PETERSON, E.: Frequency detection and speech formants. London, 1985.
Smitka,V., Mudra,J., Král,E.:: Mechanizace a provádění staveb. SNTL, Praha, 1968.
STACK, B: Encyclopaedia of Tunneling, Minning and Drilling Equipment. Muden Publishing Company, Hobart, Australia,, 1995.
TAGGART, A.: Handbook of Mineral Dressing. New York, 1968.
Vaněk A.: Moderní strojní technika a technologie zemních prací. Academie Praha, 2003.
Vaněk,A.: Moderní strojní technika a technologie zemních prací. Academia, Praha, 2002.
Vaněk,A: Přehled světové techniky. Stroje pro stavebnictví. D Tisk, Praha, 2001.
Zapletal,I. a kol: Inženýrské stavby-Technologie 2,. STU, Bratislava, 1998.
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Syllabus
2. Power-driven machines in civil engineering. Pneumatic motors. Hydraulic motors. Pumps. Compressors. Pressure vessels. Fans. Electric central stations. Air heating sets.
3. Execution of earth works and structures of earth and rocks. Division of rocks. Technology properties of rocks. Working procedure at mining by scrapers.
4. Work with dozers, scrapers, s rippers, and graders. Capacity of machines. Manners of transportation of mucks during earth works. Deposition of earth. Transportation of bulk materials. Compacting.
5. Rock works. Substance of drilling. Types of drilling works. Drilling hammers. Drilling assemblies.
6. Treatment of stone materials and building materials. Crushing. Milling. Sorting. Washing. Granulating.
7. Production of concrete mixtures. Deposition of fractions in gravel and concrete system. Transporters and magazines of concrete. Transportation and dosing of fractions.
8. Transportation and deposition of concrete mixtures. Pumping of concrete mixture. Vibration technology. Production of concrete reinforcements. Joining. Welding.
9. Construction and repairs of roads. Stabilization of subbase. Mixing machines. Milling machines. Packing machines. Diagnostics of the quality of bodies. Loading capacity. Planarity. Roughness.
10. Method of construction foundation. Drilling assemblies. Pile hammers. Extractors. Assemblies for big-diameter pilots. Underground technology. Extrusion. Tunnellings.
11. Assembly processes. Height transportation and crane transportation. Band transporters. High-lift transportation. Transportation of lump and bulk material.
12. Mechanization of demolition works. Sanitation of buildings and roofs. Recycling of materials.
13. Complete care for building machines. Automation and robotics. Laser technology in the construction machine control. Environmental impact of mechanization.
Exercise
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Week 2: Assignment of task 1 – Dozers performance, consultations.
Week 3: Assignment of task 2 – Loaders performance, consultations.
Week 4: Assignment of task 3 – Excavators performance, consultations.
Week 5: Assignment of task 4 – Machinery set design for earthworks, consultations.
Week 6: Excursion – Machines for earthworks.
Week 7: Assignment of task 5 – Machinery set design for removal of materials, consultations.
Week 8: Assignment of task 6 – Machinery set design for concreting, consultations.
Week 9: Excursion – Machines for vertical transfer
Week 10: Final consultation of machine set design for the assigned technological stage.
Week 11: Test, submission of assignments.