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Building Construction Design

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 030-0107/01
Abbreviation DSK
Course title Building Construction Design
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator Ing. Miroslav Mynarz, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Loads and environmental influences on buildings. Load application idealization standards. Load characteristic values. Loads deads,
variable (utility). Modeling of static load effects. Combination of effects
static load. Local Load Effects (Particular) and Global (on the structure as a whole).
2. Load variable (wind, snow), accidental- informative. Effect modeling
static load. Dynamic loads - principles (informative).
3. The nature, use and history of concrete, the basics of reliability theory and limit states. Physical and mechanical properties of concrete, working diagrams
the interaction of concrete and reinforcement.
4. Dimensioning of bent elements. Plate, beam.
5. Structural principles of reinforcement of bent and mostly pressed elements.
6. Interaction diagram. Elements stressed by eccentric pressure with small and large eccentricity, buckling effect.
7. Advantages and disadvantages of steel structures. Application of steel structures in construction. Physical and mechanical properties of steels. Technological properties steel. Types of steels in construction. Assortment of rod and surface elements. Fundamentals of Design and Theory of Reliability of Steel Structures.
8. Classification of steel structures. tensioned and pressed steel elements
structures. Buckling theory.
9. Design and evaluation of slender sections. Bending elements.
10. Joints of steel structures - weld, screw, friction.
11. Advantages and disadvantages of timber structures. Application of timber structures in construction. Physical and mechanical properties of wood and materials based on wood.
12. Tensioned and pressed elements of timber structures.
13. Bending elements and bending combination with axial thrust or pressure.
14. Consultation and completion of semester project.

E-learning

Studijní materiály jsou dostupné na LMS Moodle.

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.