Course detail

Concrete Structures (1)

FAST-1L8Acad. year: 2021/2022

Principal of concrete structures. Concrete mixture – influence of concrete components on its properties. Structural properties and volume changes of concrete. Reinforcement and its co-action with concrete. Water-structural concrete.
General principals of design. Calculation conditions of effects of materials and structures.
Ultimate strength of reinforced members loaded by bending moment, by combination of axial force and bending moment, by shearing force, by torsion moment and the local load. Ultimate strength by iterative loading.
Serviceability limit states – cracks and deformation.
Dimensioning of members from plain concrete and low reinforced concrete.
Simple concrete members – floor structures (slab-beam, girders), lintels, cornices, balconies and stairs.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Department

Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures (BZK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

technical mathematics, technical physics, structural mechanics, theory of elasticity, loads, basic principles of structures design

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. Principle, behaviour and sorting of concrete members. Influence of concrete components on properties of concrete. Structural properties of concrete (strength, elasticity, deformability) – influencing factors.
2. Variability of mechanical physical properties of concrete. Types of concrete and reinforcement – their interaction. Theory of concrete structures calculation – load, requirements, action conditions, durability.
3. Ultimate strength – principle of calculation, conditions of solution. Design of bended members – modelling, behaviour and mode of failure. Dimensioning of sections stressed by bending moment – general and simple method.
4. Dimensioning of sections stressed by bending moment – rectangular one-way and two-way sections, special sections.
5. Dimensioning of sections stressed by bending moment – common sections. Sections stressed by bending moment in incline plane.
6. Dimensioning of sections stressed by shearing force.
7. Arrangement of reinforcement in a girder – structural principles. Reinforcement of bended structural members. Principles of design and reinforcing of simple structural concrete members – plate girders, beams, girders, lintels, cantilever structures and stairs.
8. Dimensioning of sections stressed by bending moment and normal force (principle of solution, interactive diagram, compressioned members).
9. Dimensioning of sections stressed by combination of axial force and bending moments (tensioned members, transversal deflection with axial force, impact of slenderness, principles of reinforcing).
10. Principles of sections dimensioning for different stresses (torsion, local stress, etc).
11. Serviceability of reinforced concrete structures – stress limitation, cracks control.
12. Serviceability of reinforced concrete structures – deflection control.
13. Dimensioning of members from plain and low reinforced concrete. Ultimate limit state due to repeated loading (fatigue).
14. Volume changes of concrete (creep, shrinkage, temperature changes).

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To provide students with basic knowledge about reinforced concrete cross-sections design for fundamental way of stressing.
Students will be able design simple reinforced concrete members and structures including manufacturing of drawings.

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

Jílek, A., Grenčík, Ľ., Novák, V.: Betonové konstrukce I. díl. SNTL/ALFA, Praha 1985
MacGregor, J. G., Wight, J. G.: Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design. Prentice Hall, New Jersey 2004
Nilson, A. H., Darwin, D., Dolan, Ch. W.: Design of Concrete Structures. McGraf-Hill, New York 2004

Recommended reading

Čírtek, L.: Betonové konstrukce II. Konstrukce prutové a základové. VUT Brno 1999
Procházka, J., Bradáč, J., Krátký, J., Filipová, J., Hanzlová, H: Betonové konstrukce. Příklady navrhování podle Eurocode 2. Procon, Praha 2003
Sborník přednášek a příkladů: Navrhování betonových konstrukcí podle Eurokódu 2. ČBS, Praha 2003
Štěpánek, P. a kol.: Betonové konstrukce. VUT Brno 1998

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer