Course detail

Constructions and Transport Buildings

FAST-BMA101-AAcad. year: 2027/2028

Transport structures: introduction to transport structures, interesting facts about transport, road structures - briefly the principles of route design and design, local / access roads, materials for roads and technology for the construction of flexible pavement roads, railway structures - briefly the principles of design and the main differences from roads, materials for railways and technology for the construction.

Construction of buildings: introduction to basic building construction systems, Basic materials used for masonry, concrete, metal and wooden structures. Principles of design of load-bearing structures, concept of limit states, reliability of structures, climatic loads. Calculations of internal forces, characteristics of cross-sections of building elements and principles of their assessment.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Dušan Stehlík, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Road Structures (PKO)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge: The student understands and can analyze the properties of basic building materials and can recognize their use in building structures.

Skills: The student evaluates and compares the properties of basic building materials and structures, records the influence of environmental conditions on basic building structures (changes in temperature, state of the material).

Competence: The student can use the acquired knowledge and skills in the context of determining the optimal use of road materials and basic building structures.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Lectures

Participation in lectures is optional, but recommended.
The course ends with a written exam for both parts of the course.
To be eligible for the exam, credit for the exercises is required.
The requirement for successfully passing the exam is knowledge and overall understanding of the issues discussed within both parts of the course.

Exercises

Participation in exercises is mandatory.
Successful completion of the exercise is a credit.
The condition for obtaining credit is regular attendance at classes and processing of assigned individual practical examples (tasks).

Aims

Professional knowledge

The student understands and is able to use basic terminology in the field of design and assessment of load-bearing structures and transport structures. The student is able to summarize and classify individual types of load-bearing structures and transport structures. The student distinguishes basic types of building materials and their properties.

Skills

The student is able to further use the above knowledge in relation to further work and development of skills in the field of design and assessment of load-bearing structures and transport structures. He is able to determine the basic loads of structures and is able to work with basic principles, rules and procedures in the design of selected metal, wooden and concrete structures, as well as within the framework of transport structures (road and railway).

Competencies

The student is able to use the above knowledge and skills in further study of more demanding issues of detailed principles and procedures in the design of load-bearing structures and transport structures.

Study aids

Required literature:

[1] Holický, M., Marková, J.: Principles of Design of Building Structures, ČKAIT, 2007, ISBN 978-80-87093-27-6.

[2] Holický, M., Marková, J., Sýkora, M.: Loads of Building Structures, ČKAIT, 2010, ISBN 978-80-87093-89-4.

[3] Puchrík, J.: Transport Structures, Academic Publishing House CERM, 2004, ISBN 80-214-2814-7.

Additional literature:

[1] CSN EN 1990 (ed. 2) Eurocode: Principles of structural design, Office for Technical Standardization, Metrology and State Testing (UNMZ), 2021.

[2] CSN EN 1991 (ed. 2) Eurocode: General loads, Office for Technical Standardization, Metrology and State Testing (UNMZ), 2020.

[3] Mehta, M., Scarborough, W., Armpriest, D.: Building construction: principles, materials, and systems, NY: Pearson, 2018, ISBN 978-0-13-445417-7.

[4] Technology of railway superstructure works, ČKAIT, 2019, ISBN 978-80-88265-17-7.

[5] Zajíček, J.: Road Construction Technology, ČKAIT, 2014, ISBN 978-80-87438-59-6.

Note:

All items from the required and supplementary literature are available either in the Library Information Center of the Faculty of Engineering, BUT in Brno (concerns book publications), or online at http://csnonline.agentura-cas.cz/ (concerns CSN standards).

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Mehta, M., Scarborough, W., Armpriest, D.: Building construction: principles, materials, and systems, NY: Pearson, 2018, ISBN 978-0-13-445417-7. (EN)
Technologie prací na železničním svršku, ČKAIT, 2019, ISBN 978-80-88265-17-7. (CS)
Holický, M., Marková, J., Sýkora, M.: Zatížení stavebních konstrukcí, ČKAIT, 2010, ISBN 978-80-87093-89-4. (CS)
Holický, M., Marková, J.,: Zásady navrhování stavebních konstrukcí, ČKAIT, 2007, ISBN 978-80-87093-27-6 (CS)
Puchrík, J.: Dopravní stavby, Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004, ISBN 80-214-2814-7. (CS)
Zajíček, J.: Technologie stavby vozovek, ČKAIT, 2014, ISBN 978-80-87438-59-6. (CS)

Recommended reading

ČSN EN 1990 (ed. 2) Eurokód: Zásady navrhování konstrukcí, Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví (UNMZ), 2021. (CS)
ČSN EN 1991 (ed. 2) Eurokód: Obecná zatížení, Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví (UNMZ), 2020. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPA-SIS Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Dušan Stehlík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. 1. Introduction to transport structures. Characteristics of basic modes of transport. Modern trends in transport.
    2. Road structures – introduction to road construction.
    3. Road structures – route design and design of roadways.
    4. Road structures – materials for roads, principles of road construction technology, modern technological trends in transport infrastructure.
    5. Railway structures – principles of railway design.
    6. Railway structures – principles of railway construction technology.
    7. Classification and terminology of types of load-bearing structures of building and engineering structures and bridges.
    8. Basic materials used for masonry and concrete load-bearing structures of buildings.
    9. Load-bearing structural systems of concrete and masonry structures.
    10. Principles of load-bearing structure design, concept of limit states, reliability of structures.
    11. Materials for metal structures. Load-bearing systems of buildings with metal structures.
    12. Materials for wooden structures. Supporting systems of buildings with wooden structures.
    13. Lecture by an expert/experts from practice about interesting realized structures.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Dušan Stehlík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Organizational guidelines, introduction to the issues of transport structures, width arrangement of roadways.
2. Design of directional solution of roadway route.
3. Design of elevation solution of roadway route.
4. Design of roadway structure with basic determination of quantity and price of building materials.
5. Excursion to a significant transport structure.
6. Design documentation of transport structures – basic orientation in drawing documentation.
7. Loading of building structures, basic types, terminology, methodology, combination of load cases. Calculation of permanent and useful loads.
8. Ceiling structures – calculation of loads.
9. Ceiling structures – calculation of internal forces, principle of element design.
10. Assessment of load-bearing structures according to limit states. Climatic loads.
11. Roof structures – calculation of loads.
12. Roof structures – calculation of internal forces, characteristics of cross-sections and principles of design of simple elements.
13. Checking of assigned individual examples in two parts, with evaluation

Self-study

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Dušan Stehlík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Self-study is based on studying current topics according to recommended literature.

Individual preparation for an ending of the course

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Dušan Stehlík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

The course is divided into two parts: "construction" and "transportation structures".

Lectures:

Participation in lectures is optional, but recommended.

The requirement for successful completion of the course is knowledge and overall understanding of the issues discussed within both parts of the course.

Exercises:

Participation in exercises is mandatory.

Successful completion of the exercise is the award of credit.

A common condition for obtaining credit within both parts is attendance.

The condition for obtaining credit within the "construction" part is the processing of assigned individual practical examples (tasks).

The condition for obtaining credit for the "transportation structures" part is the processing of assigned individual practical examples (tasks).