Steel Bridges

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	221-0306/02
Abbreviation	OKM
Course title	Steel Bridges
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Structures
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Vít Křivý, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

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, bridgebearings, 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, suspension bridges.
13. Fabrication and erection of bridge structures, examples of existing bridges.

E-learning

LMS Moodle 221-0306/02 Steel bridges

Literature

- Sanpaolesi, L., Croce, P.: Design of bridges, Handbook 4, Leonardo da Vinci pilot project CZ/02/B/F/PP-134007, Pisa, 2005.
- EN 1990: Eurocode: Basis of structural design, 2002.
- EN 1991: Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 2: Traffic loads on bridges, 2003.
- EN 1993-2: Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 2: Design of bridges, Brussels, 2006.
- EN 1994-2: Eurocode 4: Design of composite steel and concrete structures - Part 2: General rules and rules for bridges, Brussels, 2005.

Advised literature

- Pechal, A.: Bridges. Ing. Antonín Pechal, CSc. Publishing, Brno, Czech Republic, 2009, ISBN 978-80-254-5279-0.
- Troyano L.F.: Bridge Engineering a Global Perspektive. University Press, Cambridge, 2003.
- Wai-Fah Chen, Lian Duan: Bridge Engeneering Handbook, CRC Press, 1999.
- EN 1992-1-1: Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, Brussels, 2004.
- EN 1993-1-1: Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, Brussels, 2005.

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