Course detail
Load-Bearing Structures 3
FAST-BOA019Acad. year: 2025/2026
Space design and loading actions of constructions with metal structure.
Design of hall structures: Roof structures (roof cladding, purlins, roof main girders, roof bracings). Primary and secondary system of load-bearing structure. Design of columns, fastening of columns. Space rigidity of hall system. Claddings.
Design and structural principles of multi-storey buildings: Space rigidity, bracings. Floor structures. Columns, column bases, fastening of columns.
Long-span roof systems (spatial structural systems, suspended and cable-stayed structures: Basic principles of structural design.
Production and errection, reconstruction and regeneration of steel structures.
Masonry structures and their types. Masonry properties. Design principles according limit states.
Structural design of masonry buildings and principles of their static design. Reinforced masonry, advanced masonry structures.
Basic tapes of prefabricated concrete structures, their static behaviour and structural design.
Selected concrete structures - retaining walls, subterraneous walls.
Prestressed concrete structures - basis of prestressed concrete, advantages, types.
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Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Aims
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 metal and concrete structures, concretized in the course schedule.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Lorenz, K. Zděné konstrukce. Praha: ČVUT, 1996. (CS)
Ferjenčík, P., Schun, J., Melcher, J. a kol. Navrhovanie oceľových konštrukcií. 1. časť., 2. časť. Bratislava: Alfa, 1986. (SK)
Hendry, A. W. Structural Masonry. London: McMillan, 1987. (EN)
Jílek, A., Grenčík, L., Novák, V. Betonové konstrukce pozemních staveb, díl IIA. Praha: SNTL, 1984. (CS)
Marek, P. a kol. Kovové konstrukce pozemních staveb. Praha: SNTL, 1985. (CS)
Studnička, J. Ocelové konstrukce I. Praha: ČVUT, 1998. (CS)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPC-APS Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
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Syllabus
- 1. Hall structures: Structural design, loading actions, roof structures.
- 2. Hall structures: secondary systems, columns, fastening.
- 3. Hall structures: Spacing rigidity, structures for claddings.
- 4. Structural systems of multi-storey buildings with steel or steel-concrete structure. Spacing rigidity, bracings.
- 5. Floor structures of multi-storey buildings. Columns and fastening.
- 6.-7. Long-span roof systems: Basic principles of structural design (spatial systems, suspended and cable-stayed structures). Production and errection of steel structures, reconstruction and regeneration of steel structures.
- 8. Masonry structures, their types. Masonry properties. Principles of design according limit states.
- 9. Structural design of masonry buildings and principles of their static design.
- 10. Reinforced masonry, advanced masonry structures.
- 11. Assembled (prefabricated) concrete structures - basic tapes of structures and their static behaviour.
- 12. Assembled (prefabricated) concrete structures - types of members, structural design, details, spacing rigidity.
- 13. Prestressed concrete structures - basis of prestressed concrete, advantages, types.
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- 1.-3. Hall structures: composition, structural detailing, loading actions, roof structures, primary and secondary load-carrying systems, columns and fastening, bracings, cladding and facade structures.
- 4.-5. Structural systems of multi-storey buildings with steel or steel-concrete structure: ceiling and floor structures, columns and fastening, bracings.
- 6. Long-span roof systems: basic principles of composition and structural detailing - spatial member systems, truss grids, spatial grids, suspended and cable-stayed structures.
- 7. Production, manufacture and errection of steel structures, basic types of reconstructions and strengthening of steel structures.
- 8.-10: Masonry structures: their types and importance, masonry properties, principles of design based on limit states, structural detailing of masonry buildings and principles of their static design, reinforced masonry, filling of skeleton structures, advanced masonry structures.
- 11.-12. Assembled (prefabricated) concrete structures: basic types of structures and their static behaviour, member types, composition, structural detailing, spacing rigidity.
- 13. Prestressed concrete structures: basis of prestressed concrete, its advantages and types.