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Terminated in academic year 2010/2011

Concrete Bridges

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 221-0020/02
Abbreviation BtM
Course title Concrete Bridges
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Structures
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Radim Čajka, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

1. Progress on design of concrete bridges, calculation methods, design and comparison of methods.
2. Design of concrete elements according to allowable stress theory, bending, combination of compression and bending, shear.
3. Design of concrete bridges according to Eurocode 3, bending, combination of compression and bending, shear, torsion, principles of solution.
4. Interpretation of moving load, influence lines and areas, continuous beams and slabs.
5. Design of bridge substructures, abutments, wing walls, piers, pylons, bearing plate, bridge cross-over structures.
6. Culverts and stone, brick and unreinforced concrete bridges, principles of design.
7. Reinforced concrete slab bridges, principles of static and structural design.
8. Reinforced concrete beam bridges, principles of static and structural design.
9. Static solution and design of prefabricated bridges.
10. Pre-stressed concrete bridges, principles of static and structural design, pre-stressing procedure.
11. Design of bridges and its parts with regards to technology of fabrication, concreting on centring, cantilevered concreting and fabrication.
12. Rreinforced concrete arch, suspension and cable-stayed bridges, foot bridges.
13. Drawing documentation, principles of armouring.
14. Principles of design and static solutions of bridges on undermined and seismic ground.

Tutorials:
1. Construction of influence lines, basic principles, revision.
2. Influence lines of groups of loads – continuous beams, slung span continuous beams, statically indeterminate beams.
3. Permanent and variable actions, static quantities.
4. Application of influence lines on continuous beam bridge with a several spans.
5. Practical design of reinforced concrete bridges according to Eurocode 3, bending, combination of compression and bending, shear, torsion, basic design principles.
6. Design of reinforced concrete slab bridge, preliminary design of deck and abutment.
7. Stability of abutments, design of wing slabs.
8. Design of foundation structures.
9. Drawing documentation, principles of armouring.
10. Design of pre-stressed beams bridge, transverse interaction of beams.
11. Design reinforced beam bridge, transverse interaction of beams.
12. Design of concrete beams at production, fabrication and operation stadiums.
13. Principles of armouring, reinforcement flow chart.
14. Recapitulation, consultation, credits.

Literature

1. EN 1992-2 Eurocode 2 - Design of concrete structures - Part 2: Concrete bridges – Design and detailing rules, CEN, 2007.
2. EN 1998-2 Eurocode 8 - Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 2: Bridges CEN, 2007.
3. EN 1992-1-1 Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures – Part 1: General rules and rules for buildings. CEN, 2006.

Advised literature

1. Troyano L.F.: Bridge Engineering a Global Perspektive. University Press, Cambridge, 2003.
2. Wai-Fah Chen, Lian Duan: Bridge Engeneering Handbook, CRC Press, 1999.
3. Menn,C. Stahlbetonbrücken, Springer-Verlag,Wien,New York,1986.
4. Martin, L. H. – Purkiss, J.A.: Concrete Design to EN 1992, Elsevier 2006.
5. Lohmeyer, C. O. G. – Bergmann, H. – Ebeling, K.: Stahlbetonbau. Bemessung – Konstruktion – Ausfuhrung, 7. Auflage, B. G. Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006.