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Concrete bridges 2 (DST)
FAST-CL003Acad. year: 2022/2023
Type of bridges and technology of construction. Effect of prestressing. Modelling and analysis of bridges. Typical structures: flyovers, urban bridges, highway viaducts, bridges across rivers and deep valleys.
Special problems of design and construction of bridges built on the stationary and launch scaffolding, cantilever bridges, incrementally launched bridges, precast girder bridges, precast segmental bridges, arch bridges.
Suspension and cable-stayed bridges. Pedestrian bridges.
Bridges designed for effects of the mining subsidence. Bridges designed in seismic areas.
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• Virtue for designing special type of concrete bridges for bridging over different barriers.
• Knowledge of basic methods of the bridges construction including their effects on structural design.
• Essential knowledge about design of special types of bridges in some special conditions.
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2. Analysis of slab and girder bridge.
3. Analysis of box girder bridges. Method of substitute girder grillage.
4. Typical structures: flyovers, urban bridges, highway viaducts, bridges across rivers and deep valleys.
5. Special problems of design and construction of bridges built on the stationary and launch scaffolding, cantilever bridges.
6. Special problems of design and construction of incrementally launched bridges, precast girder bridges.
7. Special problems of design and construction of precast segmental bridges.
8. Analysis and special problems of design and construction of arch bridges.
9. Suspension and cable-stayed bridges. Pedestrian bridges.
10. Bridges designed for effects of the mining subsidence. Bridges designed in seismic areas.
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To gain knowledge about basic methods of the bridges construction including their effects on structural design.
To gain essential knowledge about design of special types of bridges in some special conditions.
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Basic literature
STRÁSKÝ, Jiří. Betonové mosty. Praha: ČSSI, 2001. ISBN 80-86426-05-X. (CS)
ŠAFÁŘ, Roman. Betonové mosty 2. Přednášky. Praha: ČVUT, 2014. ISBN 978-80-01-05543-4. (CS)
Recommended reading
JANDA, Lubor, KLEISNER, Zdeněk a ZVARA, Jozef. Betonové mosty. Praha: SNTL, 1988. (CS)
LIEBENBERG, A. C. Concrete Bridge - Design and Construction. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1992. ISBN 0470218657. (EN)
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