Lectures:
1. Actions on bridges, terminology, design principles.
2. Spatial arrangement of bridges, dispositional arrangement.
3. Pavement of bridges, bridge deck, bridge accessories and attachments, bridge bearings, bridge fasteners.
4. Fatigue of steel bridges.
5. Plate steel girder bridges.
6. Composite steel and concrete girder bridges.
7. Truss steel girder bridges.
8. Spatial interaction of steel bridge members.
9. Beam grillages, skew bridges.
10. Curved bridges. Frame bridges.
11. Arched bridges.
12. Cable-stayed bridges.
13. Suspension bridges.
14. Fabrication and erection of bridge structures, examples of existing bridges.
Tutorials:
1. Practical exhibition of bridge structures, important parts of bridges. Spatial arrangement of road and railway bridges.
2. Action on structures – traffic loads on bridges according to EN 1991-2.
3. Influence lines on statically determined structures.
4. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, load actions on the structure.
5. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, structural analysis.
6. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, design of the superstructure.
7. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, effect of concrete creeping and shrinking.
8. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, design of stud connectors.
9. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, effect of temperature, design documentation.
10. Standard bridge design documentation – railway bridges.
11. Design of a railway bridge with bottom orthotropic steel deck using Standard bridge design documentation MVL 212.
12. Typical details on steel bridge structures, principles of design and fabrication.
13. Fabrication and erection of bridge structures, examples of existing bridges.
14. Bridge inspection.
1. Actions on bridges, terminology, design principles.
2. Spatial arrangement of bridges, dispositional arrangement.
3. Pavement of bridges, bridge deck, bridge accessories and attachments, bridge bearings, bridge fasteners.
4. Fatigue of steel bridges.
5. Plate steel girder bridges.
6. Composite steel and concrete girder bridges.
7. Truss steel girder bridges.
8. Spatial interaction of steel bridge members.
9. Beam grillages, skew bridges.
10. Curved bridges. Frame bridges.
11. Arched bridges.
12. Cable-stayed bridges.
13. Suspension bridges.
14. Fabrication and erection of bridge structures, examples of existing bridges.
Tutorials:
1. Practical exhibition of bridge structures, important parts of bridges. Spatial arrangement of road and railway bridges.
2. Action on structures – traffic loads on bridges according to EN 1991-2.
3. Influence lines on statically determined structures.
4. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, load actions on the structure.
5. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, structural analysis.
6. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, design of the superstructure.
7. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, effect of concrete creeping and shrinking.
8. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, design of stud connectors.
9. Composite steel and concrete road bridge, effect of temperature, design documentation.
10. Standard bridge design documentation – railway bridges.
11. Design of a railway bridge with bottom orthotropic steel deck using Standard bridge design documentation MVL 212.
12. Typical details on steel bridge structures, principles of design and fabrication.
13. Fabrication and erection of bridge structures, examples of existing bridges.
14. Bridge inspection.