Course detail
Concrete bridges I
FAST-BL12Acad. year: 2015/2016
Importance of bridges. History and development of bridge engineering. Materials for construction of bridges. Materials properties. Specifications for designing of bridges. General features of design. Loads.
Accessories. Waterproofing and wearing surface. Expansion joints bearings, drainage, railings and safety barriers.
Substructures, approach slabs.
Stone bridges, brick bridges. Bridges from plain concrete. Culverts.
Slab bridges - skew, tapered and curved decks. Integral bridges.
Slab bridges assembled from precast prestressed members.
Principles of general types of girder bridges design.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
• Knowledge of basic principles of design of bridges.
• Virtue for designing essential types of concrete slab and framed bridges.
• Knowledge and skill in designing bridge accessories.
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Course curriculum
2. Loads. Materials for bridges construction and their properties. Specifications for design of bridges and load-bearing structures.
3. Superstructure of road and railway bridges. Insulation. Pavements and cornices.
4. Safety barriers. Closing devices. Drainage.
5. Steel, concrete, elastomer and combined bearings.
6. Substructure – abutments, wing walls and intermediate supports.
7. Waterproofing and wearing surface. Support threshold. Bridge transitions.
8. Stone, masonry and plain concrete bridges. Culverts – types, loading, dimensioning.
9. Slab bridges – structural arrangement, static action.
10. Vertical, skew and irregular slabs. Accurate and approximate methods of slab calculation. Expansion action.
11. Slabs from prestressed concrete assembled from precast members – reinforcement, prestressing, calculation methods.
12. Principles of general types of cast in place girder bridges design.
13. Principles of design of general types of girder bridges from precast members.
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Aims
To learn designing of essential types of concrete slab and framed bridges.
To gain knowledge and skill in designing of bridge accessories.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
HOLST, Karl, Heinz a HOLST, Ralph: Brücken aus Stahlbeton und Spannbeton. Berlin: Ernst und Sohn, 2004. ISBN 3-433-02837-0. (DE)
JANDA, Lubor, KLEISNER, Zdeněk a ZVARA, Jozef: Betonové mosty. Praha: SNTL, 1988. (CS)
MENN, Christian: Prestressed Concrete Bridges. Birkhäuser Verlag, 1991. ISBN 0817624147. (EN)
RYALL, Michael. J., PARKE, Gerard A. R. a HARDING, John E. (ed.).: Manual of Bridge Engineering. London: Thomas Telford, 2000. ISBN 0-7277-2774-5. (EN)
Recommended reading
HEWSON, Nigel R.: Prestressed Concrete Bridges: Design and Construction. London: Thomas Telford Publishing, 2003. ISBN 978-0727732231. (EN)
HRDOUŠEK, Vladislav, KUKAŇ, Vlastimil a ŠAFÁŘ, Roman: Betonové mosty 10. Cvičení. Praha: ČVUT, 2004. ISBN 80-01-02853-4. (CS)
KUKAŇ, Vlastimil, ŠAFÁŘ, Roman a HRDOUŠEK, Vladislav: Betonové mosty 10. Praha: ČVUT, 2004. ISBN 80-01-02899-2. (CS)
MATHIVAT, Jacques: The Cantilever Construction of Prestressed Concrete Bridges. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1983. ISBN 978-0471103431. (EN)
SEČKÁŘ, Milan: Betonové mosty I. Brno: VUT, 1998. ISBN 80-214-1306-9. (CS)
SEČKÁŘ, Milan: Betonové mosty. Vybrané statě. Brno: VUT, 1989. (CS)
STRÁSKÝ, Jiří, KLUSÁČEK, Ladislav, PANÁČEK, Josef a NEČAS, Radim: Betonové mosty I. Modul CB1 až CB3 (studijní opora v elektronické podobě). Brno: VUT, 2006. (CS)
ŠAFÁŘ, Roman, KUKAŇ, Vlastimil, DRAHORÁD, Michal a FOGLAR, Marek: Betonové mosty 1. Přednášky. Praha: ČVUT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-01-04661-6. (CS)
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