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Concrete and Masonry Structures in Sustainable Engineering

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 221-0314/01
Abbreviation BZK-US
Course title Concrete and Masonry Structures in Sustainable Engineering
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Structures
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Pavlína Matečková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Block 1: Service life of reinforced concrete structure, environmental classes, design of concrete cover, concrete carbonation, reinforcement corrosion. Basics of assessment of existing reinforced concrete structures. Rehabilitation and increase of load capacity of reinforced concrete structures.

Block 2: Design of flat reinforced concrete slab structures. One-way and two-ways slabs. Staircase design, balcony and overhanging structures.

Block 3: Simple foundation structures. Principle of structural analysis of foundation structure. Footing and strip foundation under load bearing wall, made of plain and reinforced concrete. Walls loaded with earth pressure, design of structural stability.

Block 4: Assessment of the serviceability limit state of simple reinforced concrete structures as an integral part of the design of the structure with respect to its serviceability. Rheological properties of concrete. Crack initiation and width, stress limitation in concrete and reinforcement. Deformation of reinforced concrete structure.

Block 5: Basics of design of unreinforced masonry structures. Material characteristics of masonry units and mortars. Design of simple structure exposed to normal force with eccentricity, bending and shear. Basics of assessment of existing masnry structures.

E-learning

LMS Moodle 221-0314/01 Betonové a zděné konstrukce v udržitelném stavitelství

Literature

EN 1992-1-1 Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures - part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, CEN 2006.
EN 1996 -1-1 Eurocode 6: Design of masonry structures - part 1-1: General rules for reinforced and unreinforced masonry structures, CEN 2024.

Advised literature

Procházka, J., Štemberk, P.: Design procedures for reinforced concrete structures, nakladatelství ČVUT Praha 2009.
Martin, L. H., Purkiss, J.A.: Concrete Design to EN 1992, Elsevier, 2006.