Metal and Timber Structures

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	221-0303/02
Abbreviation	KDK
Course title	Metal and Timber Structures
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Structures
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Antonín Lokaj, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

1. Composite steel and concrete structures – general principles, composite steel and concrete floors.
2. Composite steel and concrete structures – columns and joints.
3. Large-span steel structures (planar load-bearing systems, spatial trusses and grids, cylindrical vaults and shells, spherical shells and spherical caps).
4. Large-span steel structures (translation and skew surfaces, folded plates, membranes, selected applications – halls, hangars, tribunes, shelters).
5. Cable structures.
6. Thin-walled steel structures - design and assessment principles.
7. Aluminium structures.
8. Corrosion, corrosion protection, maintenance and reconstructions of metal structures.
9. Timber structural systems of multi-storey residential buildings.
10. Spatial timber structures, folded plates, vaults and spherical caps, shells.
11. Fire resistance of timber structure elements and joints.
12. Principles of designing playground equipment. Constructions made of round timber.
13. Principles of designing timber bridges and footbridges.
14. Maintenance, rehabilitation and reconstruction of timber structures. Fabrication, assembly and protection of timber structures.

E-learning

LMS Moodle 221-0303/02 Metal and timber structures

Literature

- EN 1993-1-1 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings. CEN, Brussels.
- EN 1993-1-8 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-8: Design of joints. CEN, Brussels.
- EN 1993-1-3 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-4: General rules - Supplementary rules for cold-formed members and sheeting. CEN, Brussels.
- EN 1994-1-1 Eurocode 4: Design of composite steel and concrete structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings. CEN, Brussels.
- EN 1999-1-1 Eurocode 9: Eurocode 3: Design of aluminium structures - Part 1-1: General structural rules. CEN, Brussels.
- EN 1995-1-1 Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures – Part 1-1: Common rules and rules for buildings. CEN, Brussels

Advised literature

- 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.
- Design of Composite Structures, ECCS, 2018, .
- Mazzolani, F.M. (ed.) Aluminium structural design. Springler-Verlag Wien, 2003, .
- http://FAST10.VSB.CZ/TEMTIS.

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