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Steel and Timber Structures

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Course Unit Code221-0205/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Fourth Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
PrerequisitiesCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit Title
221-0201Actions on Building Structures
221-0204Elements of Steel and Timber Structures
228-0230Fundamentals of Structural Mechanics
228-0232Elasticity and plasticity
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
LOK33prof. Ing. Antonín Lokaj, Ph.D.
KRI10doc. Ing. Vít Křivý, Ph.D.
VAV08Ing. Kristýna Vavrušová, Ph.D.
FOJ085doc. Ing. Roman Fojtík, Ph.D.
ROS11Ing. Miroslav Rosmanit, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject of Steel and Timber Structures follows the subject Elements of Steel and Timber structures, in which the students learned basic principles of design of steel and timber structures. Within the framework of this course Steel and Timber Structures students will apply basic knowledge from the previous subject to static design of joints and bearing elements of steel hall and wooden truss.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
After completing this subject, student will be able to understand and apply following skills:
- dispositional and structural design of steel structures – general principles;
- design and assessment of steel industrial buildings (mainly steel halls);
- design and assessment of steel multi-storey buildings;
- dispositional and structural design of timber structures – general principles;
- design and assessment of typical timber structures and their members (beams, trusses, planar frames and curved beams, timber roofs.
Course Contents
Lectures:

1. Steel hall objects: layout arrangement, rigid frames, columns, spatial rigidity.
2. Roof structure of hall objects. Wall system. Thin-walled steel profiles - calculation.
3. Steel halls load-bearing systems, design principles, details.
4. Columns and anchorage systems of steel halls.
5. Steel and steel-concrete skelet structures: layout arrangement, bracing, static schemes.
6. Sway and non-sway frames, high-rise buildings, structural solution of columns and ceilings.
7. Anchoring of steel structures: types, structural solution of pad footing, calculation principles, implementation.
8. Space rigidity and bracing of skeleton structures.
9. Planar timber structures: beams, trusses.
10. Planar frames and arches.
11. Timber roofs.
12. Timber frame houses.
13. Degradation of wood and wood based materials.
14. Design of timber structures for fire resistance.


Tutorials:

1. Industrial Steel Hall – Introduction, Loads.
2. Industrial Steel Hall – Roof – Roof Sheeting, Thin-Walled Cold-Formed and/or Hot-Rolled Purlins.
3. Industrial Steel Hall – Lattice Truss – Loads and Analysis of the Structure.
4. Industrial Steel Hall – Lattice Truss – Design of Chords.
5. Industrial Steel Hall – Lattice Truss – Field Joints, Hollow Section Joints.
6. Industrial Steel Hall – Lattice and/or Simple Column.
7. Industrial Steel Hall – Fix Column Base, Anchoring, Bracing.
8. Industrial Steel Hall – Detailed Design Documentation.
9. Rafter Roof – Introduction, Loads.
10. Rafter Roof – Analysis of the Structure, Design of Strings.
11. Rafter Roof – Design of Rafter and Ribband.
12. Rafter Roof – Joints (Rafter to Purlin, Ribband to Rafter, Rafter to Rafter Top Joint).
13. Rafter Roof – Purlin, Pole and Bracing Design.
14. Rafter Roof – Serviceability Limit State, Fire Resistance, Detailed Design Documentation.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
- Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, Brussels, 2005.
- Silva, L.S. et al.: Design of steel structures, 2010 ISBN (ECCS) 978-92-9147-098-3, ISBN (Ernst & Sohn) 978-3-433-02973-2.
- www.access-steel.com
- Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures. Part 1-1: General – Common rules and rules for buildings, Brussels, 2008.
- ČSN EN 1993-1-1 Eurokód 3: Navrhování ocelových konstrukcí – část 1-1: Obecná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby. ČNI, 2006.
- ČSN EN 1993-1-1 Eurokód 3: Navrhování ocelových konstrukcí – část 1-8: Navrhování styčníků. ČNI, 2006.
- ČSN EN 1994-1-1 Eurokód 4: Navrhování spřažených ocelobetonových konstrukcí – část 1-1: Obecná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby. ČNI, 2006.
- ČSN EN 1995-1-1 Eurokód 5: Navrhování ocelových konstrukcí – část 1-1: Společná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby. ČNI, 2006.
- Silva, L.S. et al.: Design of steel structures, 2010 ISBN (ECCS) 978-92-9147-098-3, ISBN (Ernst & Sohn) 978-3-433-02973-2.
Recommended Reading:
- Silva, L.S. et al.: Design of steel structures, 2010 ISBN (ECCS) 978-92-9147-098-3, ISBN (Ernst & Sohn) 978-3-433-02973-2.
- www.access-steel.com
- http://fast10.vsb.cz/temtis/documents/handbook1_final.pdf
- http://fast10.vsb.cz/temtis/documents/Handbook_2_Final_version.pdf
- Studnička J., Macháček J.: Ocelové konstrukce 20, ČVUT, Praha, 2005.
- Marek P. et al..: Kovové konstrukce pozemních staveb, SNTL/ALFA, 1985.
- Silva, L.S. et al.: Design of steel structures, 2010 ISBN (ECCS) 978-92-9147-098-3, ISBN (Ernst & Sohn) 978-3-433-02973-2.
- www.access-steel.com
- Studnička, J.: Navrhování spřažených ocelobetonových konstrukcí k ČSN EN 1994-4-1. ČKAIT, Praha, 2009, ISBN 978-80-87093-85-6 .
- Kuklík, P.: Dřevěné konstrukce 10. Základy navrhování. ČVUT, Praha, 2004.
- http://FAST10.VSB.CZ/TEMTIS
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 16