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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Building Construction Design

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 030-0063/02
Abbreviation DSK
Course title Building Construction Design
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator Ing. Isabela Bradáčová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Load and environmental effects on buildings. Idealization of the load reflected in the standards. Characteristic load values. Constant load, variable (utility). Modeling the effects of static load. Combining the effects of static load. The effects of local load (on each part) and global (for construction as a whole).
2. Variable loads (wind, snow), extreme - for information. Modeling the effects of static load. Dynamic loading - principles (information).
3. Fundaments, history and use of concrete, basics of reliability and limit states. Physical and mechanical properties of concrete, working diagrams, interaction between concrete and reinforcement.
4. Design bended members. Slab, beam.
5. Structural Reinforcement bended and compression members. 6. Advantages and disadvantages of steel structures. Application of the steel structure construction. Physical and mechanical properties of steels. Technological properties of steels. Types of steel members in construction. Steel assortment. Basis of theory and reliability of steel structures. 7. Advantages and disadvantages of timber structures. Application of timber structures in the construction industry. Physical and mechanical properties of timber -based materiále. Timber assortment.

Literature

Handbook 1 - Basis of structural design. Leonardo da Vinci Pilot Project CZ/02/B/F/PP-134007, Prague, 2004.
Handbook 3 – Actions effects for buildings. Leonardo da Vinci Pilot Project CZ/02/B/F/PP-134007, Prague, 2005.
Martin, L. H., Purkiss, J.A. Concrete Design to EN 1992, Elsevier, 2006.

Advised literature

Ambrose, J. E.: Simplified Design of Masonry Structures. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991
Silva, L.S. et al.: Design of steel structures, 2010 ISBN (ECCS) 978-92-9147-098-3, ISBN (Ernst & Sohn) 978-3-433-02973-2.