Course detail

Metal and Timber Structures 1

FAST-BOA101-KAcad. year: 2026/2027

Materials for steel and timber structures: material properties, heat treatment, steel products and fields of application.
Basic principles of the design of steel and timber structures. Reliability of steel and timber structures. Basic loading cases in accordance with design standards. Classification of cross-sections and its significance.
Steel connections: characteristics and classification of steel connections.
Welded, bolted and pinned steel connections. Weld types, categories of bolted joints, slip-resistant joints.
Saint-Venant torsion and warping torsion of open and closed cross-sections.
Buckling resistance of compressed members with solid cross-sections.
Lateral-torsional buckling of members subjected to bending. Combined loading.
Structural layout of steel and timber industrial buildings.
Roof structures: roof build-up, roof cladding, purlins, trusses and bracing systems.
Details of roof structures: joints, connections of hollow structural sections, truss supports and erection joints.
Transverse bracing systems of industrial buildings: classification, types and structural design.
Structural details of selected transverse bracing systems.
Overall stiffness of the structural system: significance, function and arrangement of bracing systems.

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

Fundamentals of university-level mathematics and physics
Fundamentals of structural mechanics
Basic knowledge of elasticity and strength of materials
Basic understanding of building structures and transport infrastructure

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Lecture attendance is not mandatory but is recommended.
The course is assessed by a written examination.
Eligibility to take the examination is conditional upon successful completion of the tutorials.
Successful completion of the examination requires a sound knowledge and overall understanding of the topics covered.
Course credit is awarded upon successful completion of the assigned individual practical tasks and/or project.

Aims

Knowledge

Students will acquire the fundamental principles and methods for the design of load-bearing members of steel and timber structures. They will also become familiar with the procedures and design methodologies used for the design of real structural members and components in accordance with European design standards.

Skills

Students will be able to independently design and verify the basic types of steel connections. They will be able to design and verify members with solid steel cross-sections subjected to the basic loading cases and their combinations. They will also be able to independently design and verify members with solid steel cross-sections considering global stability phenomena such as flexural buckling and lateral-torsional buckling.

Competences

Students will be able to independently solve fundamental design tasks related to steel building structures, particularly the design of members with solid cross-sections and their typical structural details. Upon successful completion of the course, students will have the necessary background to continue their studies in advanced topics related to the design of more complex steel structures.

Study aids

Required Literature:

[1] Simões da Silva, L., Simões, R., & Gervásio, H. (2010). Design of Steel Structures: Eurocode 3 – Design of Steel Structures. Part 1-1: General Rules and Rules for Buildings. Brussels: ECCS – European Convention for Constructional Steelwork.

[2] Trahair, N. S., Bradford, M. A., Nethercot, D., & Gardner, L. (2008). The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures to EC3 (4th ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press.

[3] Farzad Hejazi, Steel structures design based on Eurocode 3, Singapore : Springer 2018, ISBN 978-981-10-8835-3

[4] Kermani, A.; Porteous, J: Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5. Wiley and Sons 2013 ISBN 978-0-470-67500-7

Supplementary literature:

[1] EN 1993-1-1: Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings. Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2014

[2] EN 1993-1-8: Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-8: Design of joints. Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2014.

[3] EN 1995-1-1: Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures – Part 1-1: General – Common rules and rules for buildings

Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2008.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Farzad Hejazi, Steel structures design based on Eurocode 3, Singapore: Springer 2018, ISBN 978-981-10-8835-3 (EN)
Ferjenčík, P., Schun, J., Melcher, J. a kol.: Navrhovanie oceľových konštrukcií, ALFA Bratislava, 1986 (CS)
Kermani, A.; Porteous, J: Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5. Wiley and Sons 2013 ISBN 978-0-470-67500-7  (EN)
Marek, P.: Kovové konstrukce pozemních staveb, Praha : SNTL ; Bratislava : Alfa, 1985 (CS)
Pilgr, M.: Kovové konstrukce: navrhování prvků ocelových konstrukcí, Brno : Akademické nakladatelství CERM ; 2019 (CS)