Concrete Bridges

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	221-0305/01
Abbreviation	BtM
Course title	Concrete Bridges
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Structures
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Pavlína Matečková, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

Lectures:

1. Historical development of the design of bridges, bridges in the Czech Republic and in the world.
2. Types of structural systems, cross-sections, spans, economic and aesthetic design.
3. Reinforced concrete slab bridges and prestressed slab bridges.
4. Girder bridges, box girder bridges and frame bridges
5. Arch bridges, suspension and cable-stayed bridges, footbridges for pedestrians
6. Bridges cast-in-situ into fixed shoring, balanced cantilever construction (cast in-situ), incremental launching.
7. Prefabricated beams and segments, advanced shoring method - Movable Scaffold System, balanced cantilever construction (prefabricated).
8. Hybrid construction, composite concrete-to-concrete structures.
9. Concrete bridges in the undermined territory.
10. Numerical modelling of concrete bridges.
11. Structural analysis of step-by-step constructed bridges.
12. Analysis of the effects of creep and shrinkage of concrete.
13. Analysis of the effects of thermal load on the bridge structures.

E-learning

LMS Moodle 221-0305/01 Concrete bridges

Povinná literatura

- Hambley, E., C.: Bridge Deck Behaviour, E&FN SPON, 1991.
- EN 1990 Eurocode - Basis of structural design, 2002.
- EN 1991-1-1 Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-1: General actions - Densities, self-weight, imposed loads for buildings, 2002.
- EN 1991-1-5 Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-5: General actions - Thermal actions, 2003.
- EN 1991-2: Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 2: Traffic loads on bridges, 2003.
- EN 1992-1-1: Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, 2004.
- EN 1992-2: Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures - Part 2: Concrete bridges - Design and detailing rules, 2005.

Doporučená literatura

- Collins, M. P., Mitchell, D. Prestressed Concrete Structures, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, 1991.
- Menn, C. Prestressed Concrete Bridges, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 1990.
- Navrátil, J. Prestressed Concrete Structures. VŠB – Technical university of Ostrava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, 2014.
- Navrátil, J.; zich, M. Long-Term Deflections of Cantilever Segmental Bridges, The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 190-195, 2013.
- Stráský, J. Stress ribbon and cable supported pedestrian bridges, Thomas Telford Publishing, London, 2005.
- Šafář, R.: Concrete Bridges - Lectures, Czech technical university in Prague, 2015.
- Šafář, R.: Concrete Bridges – Worked Examples, Czech technical university in Prague, 2013.
- Šafář, R., Petřík, M., tej, P.: Concrete Bridges, Worked examples, Czech technical university in Prague, 2013.

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