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Construction Machines and Mechanisms

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 227-0409/02
Abbreviation SSM
Course title Construction Machines and Mechanisms
Credits 4
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

E-learning

LMS Moodle (VŠB-TUO): 2270409 Construction Machines and Mechanisms.
https://sites.google.com/view/ssm-irp-2021

Literature

- TIMINGS, R. L. Newnes mechanical engineer's pocket book. 3rd ed. Boston: Elsevier/Newnes, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7506-6508-7 .
- GRANSBERG, Douglas D., Calin M. POPESCU and Richard C. RYAN. Construction Equipment Management for Eungineers, Estimators and Owners. Atlanta: Georgie Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, Gerogia. Editor Michael D. MEYER. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8493-4037-6 
- ISO 6165 Earth-moving machinery - Basic types - Identification and terms and definitions
- NICHOLS, Herbert L. and David A. DAY. Moving the earth: the workbook of excavation. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2010. ISBN 978-0071502672 .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

- BEN-AKIVA, Moshe E., Hilde MEERSMAN and Eddy VAN DE VOORDE, ed. Freight transport modelling. Bingley: Emerald, 2013. ISBN 978-1-78190-285-1.