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Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Construction Machines and Mechanisms

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 227-0061/01
Abbreviation SSaM
Course title Construction Machines and Mechanisms
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals of mechanical engineering – technical designs, marks, surface quality, tolerance
3. Machine parts and mechanisms – connection and connection components
4. Machine parts and mechanisms – gearing
5. Machine parts and mechanisms – bearing, shafts
6. Machine parts and mechanisms – mechanisms
7. Transport and Material Handling
8. Earth-moving machinery – introduction, common technologies for earth-moving
9. Earth-moving machinery – drive, control systems, bogies etc.
10. Earth-moving machinery – excavators, loaders, continuously working machineries
11. Earth-moving machinery – rippers, dozers, scrapers, graders and other earth-moving machineries
12. Road machinery – introduction, machineries and technologies for building of road foundation
13. Road machinery – machineries and technologies for building of road pavements
14. Road machinery – machineries for reconstruction and maintenance of roads

Exercises:
1. Conditions for finishing of the subject
2. Fundamentals of mechanical engineering – design of simple machine component
3. Machine parts and mechanisms – design of screw connection
4. Machine parts and mechanisms – design of gearing
5. Machine parts and mechanisms – design of bearing
6. Excursion
7. Test
8. Transport and Material Handling – conveyor machinery drive
9. Earth-moving machinery – machinery drive
10. Earth-moving machinery – machinery productivity
11. Excursion
12. Road machinery – machineries for building of road foundation
13. Road machinery – machineries for building of road pavements
14. Test

Literature

TIMINGS, R. L. Newnes mechanical engineer's pocket book. 3rd ed. Boston: Elsevier/Newnes, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7506-6508-7 .

ISO 6165:2012 Earth-moving machinery -- Basic types -- Identification and terms and definitions

NICHOLS, Herbert L. a David A. DAY. Moving the earth: the workbook of excavation. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2010. ISBN 978-0071502672 .

Advised literature

Construction Machinery [on-line]. VŠTE České Budějovice. http://is.vstecb.cz/do/5610/OPP/Informace/OP_VK/1883490/2657046/2657051/2657259/6_CONSTRUCTION_MACHINERY.pdf

GRANSBERG, Douglas D., Calin. POPESCU a Richard C. RYAN. Construction equipment management for engineers, estimators, and owners. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8493-4037-6 .