Course detail

Load-bearing structures I.

FAST-AL01Acad. year: 2021/2022

Types of load-bearing structures. The principles and rules of design. Stress and its effect. Properties of the material for concrete structures.
The principles of design of reinforced concrete members stressed by the bending moment, normal, force, shearing force and by torsion.
Essential types of the members - slabs, frames, girders, lintels. Stairs.
The priciples of design of the members from plain concrete.
Introduction to the problems of design and realisation of steel load-bearing structures. Advantages and disadvantages of steel structures, the state and prospects of the specialisation.
Material and assortment of structural members.
The principles and rules of steel structures reliability, method of limit states. Probabilistic methods of the steel structures design.
Joints of the steel structures - the principles of design and structural solution (screwed, friction and welded joints).
Tension frames. Bend of beams. Stability and buckling load-bearing capacity of compressed frames both of compact and composite section. Beams tilting. Load-bearing capacity of slender walls.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Ivana Laníková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures (BZK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

A student gains these knowledge and skills:
• Virtue for designing reinforced concrete members and simple structures together with preparing relevant technical drawings.
• Virtue for designing steel members and their joints.

Prerequisites

principles of structural mechanics and elasticity

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. Type of load-bearing structures, their characteristics and applicability. Principles and rules of design.
2. Stress and its effects on load-bearing structures, combination of stresses.
3. Properties of materials (concrete, steel) for concrete structures (strength, stress-strain diagram). Concrete structures sorting. Principles of design by the limit states.
4. Ultimate strength – direct and bending stress.
5. Ultimate strength – shearing stress, torsion moment.
6. Member of concrete structures- slabs, beams, girders, lintels.
7. Reinforced concrete structures of stairs. Plain concrete – direct and bending stress, shearing stress.
8. State and perspective of civil engineering development, introduction into the problems of design and realisation of steel load-bearing structures.
9. Material and assortment of structural members.
10. Principles and rules of steel structures reliability, method of the limit states.
11. Joints of steel structures – principles of design and structural solution.
12. Tension members. Bending of beams. Stability and buckling strength of tension members of massive, jointed and compound sections.
13. Tilting of beams. Load-bearing capacity of slender walls.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To gain ability for design of reinforced concrete members and simple structures together with preparing relevant technical drawings.
To design steel members and their joints.

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

FERJENČÍK, Pavel et al.: Navrhovanie ocelových konštrukcií, 1. časť, 2. časť. Bratislava: Alfa, 1986. (SK)
NILSON, Artur, DARWIN, David a DOLAN, Charles: Design of Concrete Structures. New York: McGraf-Hill, 2009. ISBN 978-0073293493. (EN)
STUDNIČKA, Jiří: Ocelové konstrukce. Praha: ČVUT, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04800-9. (CS)

Recommended reading

ČÍRTEK, Ladislav: Betonové konstrukce II. Konstrukce prutové a základové. Brno: VUTIUM, 1999. ISBN 80-214-1543-6. (CS)
SCI-The Steel Construction Institute, Ascot, U.K.: ESDEP-European Steel Design Education Programme, CD ROM. ESDEP Society, 2000. (EN)
PROCHÁZKA, Jaroslav, KOHOUTKOVÁ, Alena a VAŠKOVÁ, Jitka: Příklady navrhování betonových konstrukcí 1. Praha: ČVUT, 2007. ISBN 978-80-01-03675-4. (CS)
PROCHÁZKA, Jaroslav, ŠTĚPÁNEK, Petr, KRÁTKÝ, Jiří, KOHOUTKOVÁ, Alena a VAŠKOVÁ, Jitka: Navrhování betonových konstrukcí 1. Prvky z prostého a železového betonu. Praha: ČBS Servis, 2009. ISBN 978-80-903807-5-2. (CS)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Ivana Laníková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Type of load-bearing structures, their characteristics and applicability. Principles and rules of design. 2. Stress and its effects on load-bearing structures, combination of stresses. 3. Properties of materials (concrete, steel) for concrete structures (strength, stress-strain diagram). Concrete structures sorting. Principles of design by the limit states. 4. Ultimate strength – direct and bending stress. 5. Ultimate strength – shearing stress, torsion moment. 6. Member of concrete structures- slabs, beams, girders, lintels. 7. Reinforced concrete structures of stairs. Plain concrete – direct and bending stress, shearing stress. 8. State and perspective of civil engineering development, introduction into the problems of design and realisation of steel load-bearing structures. 9. Material and assortment of structural members. 10. Principles and rules of steel structures reliability, method of the limit states. 11. Joints of steel structures – principles of design and structural solution. 12. Tension members. Bending of beams. Stability and buckling strength of tension members of massive, jointed and compound sections. 13. Tilting of beams. Load-bearing capacity of slender walls.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Ivana Laníková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1.- 2. Dimensioning of the reinforced concrete slab within USL (ultimate limit state) – effect of the bending moment. 3.- 4. Dimensioning of the reinforced concrete beam (slab and girder floor) within USL (ultimate limit state) – effect of the bending moment. 5.- 6. Dimensioning of the reinforced concrete beam (slab and girder floor) within USL (ultimate limit state) – effect of the shearing force. 7.- 8. Structural requirement and reinforcement drawing of the designed members. 9.- 12. Basic strain types and dimensioning of the steel structure members – bending moment, simple compression, buckling compression. Basic joint types of the steel structure members. 13. Credit.