Course detail

Selected Chapters of Metal and Timber Structures

FAST-BOB006Acad. year: 2025/2026

Composite steel-concrete structural members and components – rules of structural configuration, basic design principles.
Composite steel-concrete beams – ultimate limit states, serviceability limit states of bending steel-concrete structural members.
Composite steel-concrete beams – principles of the shear connection design.
Composite steel-concrete columns – basic principles of the design of compression steel-concrete structural members.
Glue laminated timber structures. Design principles, basic calculation, applications.
Assembly connections of timber structures with metal timber fasteners. Design principles, basic calculation.
Reinforcing of elements and connections of timber structures.
Design of timber structures – structural fire design. Behaviour of timber elements and connections during the fire, rules for analysis of structural members, basic design calculation.
Design of connections of timber structures – structural fire design, basic design calculation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jan Barnat, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Metal and Timber Structures (KDK)

Entry knowledge

Metal structures - design of elements and connections of steel structures.
Timber structures - design of elements and connections of timber structures. Concrete structures - bases of design of elements of concrete structures.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of this course and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.
Students have to manage the aim of the subject, make the acquaintance with course problematic and practice their knowledge and acquirements.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČSN EN 1991-1-2 Eurokód 1: Zatížení konstrukcí. Část 1-2: Obecná zatížení – Zatížení konstrukcí vystavených účinkům požáru. ČNI, Praha
ČSN EN 1995-1-1 Eurokód 5: Navrhování dřevěných konstrukcí - Část 1-1: Obecná pravidla - Společná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby. ČNI, Praha 
ČSN EN 1995-1-2 Eurokód 5: Navrhování dřevěných konstrukcí. Část 1-2: Obecná pravidla – Navrhování konstrukcí na účinky požáru. ČNI, Praha
Studnička, J. Ocelobetonové spřažené konstrukce. Praha: ČVUT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-01-04298-4
Wald, F. a kolektiv: Výpočet požární odolnosti stavebních konstrukcí. Praha: ČVUT, 2005

Recommended reading

Ďuricová, A. a Rovňák, M. Navrhovanie oceľovo-betónových konštrukcií. Bratislava: Veda, 2008. ISBN 978-80-224-1022-9
ESDEP – European Steel Design Education Programme. Vol. 13, WG 10: Composite Construction I. Ascot: SCI, 1993
ESDEP – European Steel Design Education Programme. Vol. 14, WG 10: Composite Construction II. Ascot: SCI, 1993
Müller, Ch. Holzleimbau. Laminated Timber Construction. Birkhäuser. Basel 2000

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization S , 4 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jan Barnat, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Composite steel-concrete structural systems – basic principles of behaviour, loading, material, design standards.
  • 2. Steel-concrete beams – ultimate limit state, serviceability limit state (basic design principles).
  • 3. Steel-concrete beams – shear connectors (types, basic design principles).
  • 4. Steel-concrete columns – basic design principles.
  • 5. Steel-concrete structural members – basic principles of the fire design.
  • 6. Timber beams – types, design principles, static design.
  • 7. Glue laminated timber structures – design principles, static design, basic structural compositions.
  • 8. Assembly connections of timber structures with metal timber fasteners – design principles, basic calculation.
  • 9. Design of timber structures – structural fire design. Behaviour of timber elements during the fire.
  • 10. Design of timber structures – rules for analysis of structural members, basic design calculation; behaviour of connections of timber elements during the fire, basic design calculation.
  • 11. Practical application of steel-concrete structural members and components; practical application of timber structural members and parts; examples of realized constructions.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jan Barnat, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Composite steel-concrete structural systems.
  • 2.–4. Steel-concrete beams – basic design principles.
  • 5. Steel-concrete structural members – basic principles of the fire design.
  • 6. Timber beams – static design.
  • 7. Glue laminated timber structures – static design.
  • 8. Assembly connections of timber structures with metal timber fasteners – design principles.
  • 9.-10. Design of timber structures – structural fire design.
  • 11. Practical application of timber structural members and parts.