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Metal Bridges 2 (DST)
FAST-CO003Acad. year: 2022/2023
Steel-concrete composite bridges - basis of static and structural design.
Box girder bridges - basis of design, specialties of box girder bridges.
Arch bridges and frame bridges - types of arch and frame bridges, basis of static and structural design.
Skewed bridges and curved bridges - basis of design, specialties of curved and skewed bridges.
Suspension bridges and cable-stayed bridges - general principles of static behaviour, basis of design.
Steel and steel-concrete composite bridge supports - basic principles of static and structural design.
Manufacture and erection of metal bridges - basic methods and procedures.
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2. Steel-concrete composite bridges - the beams in the plastic bahaviour, shear connections (basis of design).
3. Box girder bridges - specific properties of box girder bridges, the principles of static design, torsion of box girder bridges.
4. Skewed bridges and curved bridges - basis of design.
5. Arch bridges - types of arch bridges, structural composition, basic principles of static and structural design.
6. Arched bridges - specialties of the static design, frame bridges - basic principles.
7. Suspension bridges - basic principles of static and structural design.
8. Cable-stayed bridges - basic principles of static and structural design.
9. Steel and steel-concrete composite bridge supports - types, structural and static design.
10. Manufacture and erection of metal bridges. Examples of realized metal bridges.
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Basic literature
Johnson, R.P., Bucky, R.J. Composite Structures of Steel and Concrete – Vol. 2.: Bridges, COLLINS: London 1986. (EN)
Kvočák, V., Vičan, J. a kol. Navrhovanie oceľových mostov podľa európskych noriem, TU v Košiciach, 2013, 356 s. ISBN 978-80-553-1614-7. (SK)
Pechar, J., Bureš, J., Schindler, A. Kovové mosty, SNTL Praha, 1990, 528 s. ISBN 80-03-00523-X. (CS)
Schindler, A., Bureš, J., Pechar, J. Navrhování ocelových mostů, SNTL/ALFA Praha, 1980, 488 s. (CS)
Recommended reading
Manual of Bridge Engineering, edited by M.J. Ryall, G.A.R. Parke and J.E. Harding, Thomas Telford Ltd., London 2000, 1012 pp. ISBN 0 7277 2774 5. (EN)
Pechal, A. Mosty - Bridges, A. Pechal: Brno 2009, 270 s. ISBN 978-80-254-5279-0. (CS)
Troitsky, M. S. Planning and Design of Bridges, John Willey and Sons, London 1994. (EN)
Wai-Fah Chen, Lian Duan, Bridge Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, 1999. (EN)
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