Course detail

Engineering and Transport Structures

FAST-BO01Acad. year: 2020/2021

History, progress and importance of engineering structures in civil engineering
Basic types of building structures and engineering structures and their general characteristics.
Building materials – material properties with aspect of usage in building construction, principal material characteristics.
Load of building structure, load classification, particular kinds of loading actions and their combinations.
Concrete and masonry structures, metal and timber structures – basic types, dispositional and structural design, significant structural details.
Rules of computer modelling of engineering structures.
Concrete and steel bridges, timber over-crossings, masonry bridges and vaults, overview of usable types.
Transportation history, categorization, social aspects, transportation advantages and disadvantages.
Transportation terminology, basic concepts, development policy of transport in CR with respect to EU.
Transport infrastructure, attachment to EU.
Development of world railways, history and railway system characteristics in CR, urban infrastructure and airports, integrated transport systems.
Design of linear structures. Data preparation for computerisation, computer-aided design of linear structures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Department

Institute of Metal and Timber Structures (KDK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will learn the problems of the course and will get under controll the course aims, within the meaning of obtaining knowledge and skills in the field of basic principles of design of civil engineering structures, concretized in the course schedule.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of building materials, elementary bases of elasticity, strength and structural mechanics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Basic types of building structures and engineering structures.
2. Building materials.
3. Basic types of concrete, walled, steel and timber structures.
4. Loading of building structure, load classification, particular kinds of loading actions and their combinations.
5. Rules of design and computer modelling of engineering structures.
6. Rules of structural design of constructions.
7. Concrete, steel and timber bridges and footbridges.
8. Transportation history, categorization, social aspects, transportation advantages and disadvantages.
9. Transportation terminology, basic concepts, development policy of transport in CR with respect to EU. Transport infrastructure, attachment to EU.
10. Development of the world railway system. Progression and characteristics of Czech railway system, ČD organization structure. Basic subdivide of railway structures.
11. Development of world railways, history and railway system characteristics in CR, urban infrastructure and airports, integrated transport systems.
12. Structural and geometrical arrangement of rail tracks, optional position, terminology, basic terms.
13. Design of highways – terminology, basic terms. Data preparation for computerisation, computer-aided design of linear structures.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of this course and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Salmon, C.G., Johnson, J.E.: Steel Structures: Design and Behavior. Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1997. (EN)
Kotas, P.: Dopravní systémy a stavby. Vydavatelství ČVUT v Praze, 2002. (CS)
Bajer, M., Karmazínová, M., Puchrík, J. a kol.: Konstrukce a dopravní stavby - studijní opora pro kombinované studium. CERM, elektronická forma, 2004. (CS)
Nilson, A. H., Darwin, D., Dolan, C. W.: Design of Concrete Structures. McGraf-Hill, New York, 2004. (EN)

Recommended reading

Ferjenčík,P.,Melcher,J. a kol.: Navrhovanie ocelových konštrukcií. ALFA Bratislava, 1986. (SK)
Chochol, Lehovec a kol.: Cesty a dialnice-Projektovanie. ALFA Bratislava, 1989. (SK)
Tyc, Kubát, Dostál, Havíř: Železniční stavby. Dh-Press Bratislava, 1993. (CS)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Basic types of building structures and engineering structures. 2. Building materials. 3. Basic types of concrete, walled, steel and timber structures. 4. Loading of building structure, load classification, particular kinds of loading actions and their combinations. 5. Rules of design and computer modelling of engineering structures. 6. Rules of structural design of constructions. 7. Concrete, steel and timber bridges and footbridges. 8. Transportation history, categorization, social aspects, transportation advantages and disadvantages. 9. Transportation terminology, basic concepts, development policy of transport in CR with respect to EU. Transport infrastructure, attachment to EU. 10. Development of the world railway system. Progression and characteristics of Czech railway system, ČD organization structure. Basic subdivide of railway structures. 11. Development of world railways, history and railway system characteristics in CR, urban infrastructure and airports, integrated transport systems. 12. Structural and geometrical arrangement of rail tracks, optional position, terminology, basic terms. 13. Design of highways – terminology, basic terms. Data preparation for computerisation, computer-aided design of linear structures.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Rules of design and computer modelling of engineering structures. 2.-3. Basic types of building and engineering structures: basic types of concrete, masonry, steel and timber structures, concrete, steel and timber bridges and footbridges, principles of structural design of constructions. 4.-5. Building materials: basic building materials, their physical-mechanical properties, advantages and disadvantages. 6. Loading of building structures, load classification, load types, loading actions and their combinations. 7.-9. Transportation history, categorization, social aspects, transportation advantages and disadvantages. Transportation terminology, basic concepts, development policy of transport in CR with respect to EU. Transport infrastructure, attachment to EU. 10. Development of the world railway system. Progression and characteristics of Czech railway system, ČD organization structure. Basic subdivide of railway structures. 11. Development of world railways, history and railway system characteristics in CR, urban infrastructure and airports, integrated transport systems. 12. Structural and geometrical arrangement of rail tracks, optional position, terminology, basic terms. 13. Data preparation for computerisation, computer-aided design of linear structures.