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Concrete Bridges

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Course Unit Code221-0305/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
PrerequisitiesCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit Title
221-0201Actions on Building Structures
221-0202Concrete Structures Elements
221-0203Concrete and Masonry Structures
221-0206Constructions of Bridge Structures
228-0230Fundamentals of Structural Mechanics
228-0232Elasticity and plasticity
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
CAJ61prof. Ing. Radim Čajka, CSc.
ZID75doc. Ing. Pavlína Matečková, Ph.D.
VAV08Ing. Kristýna Vavrušová, Ph.D.
JAN339Ing. Petr Jančík
Summary
Within the subject students will be acquainted with the historical development of bridges, with methods of calculation, design and assessment of concrete bridges, including structural design and static solution, principles of reinforcement and drawing documentation. By passing of this subject the students gain knowledge about static action and realization of bridges - slab bridges, beam bridges, arched bridges, suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges even bridges made of prefabricated elements and footbridges for pedestrians.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
After completing this subject, students will be able to understand and apply the following skills and topic areas:
- design and assessment of concrete bridges;
- fabrication and erection of concrete bridges;
- drawing documentation of concrete bridges.
Course Contents
Lectures:

1. Historical development of the design of bridges, bridges in the Czech Republic and in the world.
2. Types of structural systems, cross-sections, spans, economic and aesthetic design.
3. Reinforced concrete slab bridges and prestressed slab bridges.
4. Girder bridges, box girder bridges and frame bridges
5. Arch bridges, suspension and cable-stayed bridges, footbridges for pedestrians
6. Bridges cast-in-situ into fixed shoring, balanced cantilever construction (cast in-situ), incremental launching.
7. Prefabricated beams and segments, advanced shoring method - Movable Scaffold System, balanced cantilever construction (prefabricated).
8. Hybrid construction, composite concrete-to-concrete structures.
9. Concrete bridges in the undermined territory.
10. Numerical modelling of concrete bridges.
11. Structural analysis of step-by-step constructed bridges.
12. Analysis of the effects of creep and shrinkage of concrete.
13. Truss analogy for the design of details of bridge structures.
14. Analysis of the effects of thermal load on the bridge structures.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
- Hambley, E., C.: Bridge Deck Behaviour, E&FN SPON, 1991.
- EN 1990 Eurocode - Basis of structural design, 2002.
- EN 1991-1-1 Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-1: General actions - Densities, self-weight, imposed loads for buildings, 2002.
- EN 1991-1-5 Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-5: General actions - Thermal actions, 2003.
- EN 1991-2: Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 2: Traffic loads on bridges, 2003.
- EN 1992-1-1: Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, 2004.
- EN 1992-2: Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures - Part 2: Concrete bridges - Design and detailing rules, 2005.
- Pechal, A.: Mosty. Vydavatelství Ing. Antonín Pechal, CSc., Brno, 2009, ISBN 978-80-254-5279-0.
- ČSN EN 1990 ed. 2 (73 0002) Eurokód: Zásady navrhování konstrukcí. Český normalizační institut, 2015.
- ČSN EN 1991-1-1 (73 0035) Eurokód 1: Zatížení konstrukcí: Část 1-1: Obecná zatížení – Objemové tíhy, vlastní tíha a užitná zatížení pozemních staveb. Český normalizační institut, 2004.
- ČSN EN 1991-1-5 (73 0035) Eurokód 1: Zatížení konstrukcí - Část 1-5: Obecná zatížení - Zatížení teplotou. Český normalizační institut, 2005.
- ČSN EN 1991-2 ed.2 (736203) Eurokód 1: Zatížení konstrukcí - Část 2: Zatížení mostů dopravou. Český normalizační institut, 2015.
- ČSN EN 1992-1-1 ed. 2. (73 1201) Eurokód 2: Navrhování betonových konstrukcí: Část 1-1: Obecná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby. Český normalizační institut, 2011.
- ČSN EN 1992-2 (736208) Eurokód 2: Navrhování betonových konstrukcí - Část 2: Betonové mosty – Navrhování a konstrukční zásady, Český normalizační institut, 2007.
Recommended Reading:
- Collins, M. P., mitchell, D. Prestressed Concrete Structures, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, 1991.
- Menn, C. Prestressed Concrete Bridges, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 1990.
- Navrátil, J. Prestressed Concrete Structures. VŠB – Technical university of Ostrava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, 2014.
- Navrátil, J.; zich, M. Long-Term Deflections of Cantilever Segmental Bridges, The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 190-195, 2013.
- Stráský, J. Stress ribbon and cable supported pedestrian bridges, Thomas Telford Publishing, London, 2005.
- Šafář, R.: Concrete Bridges - Lectures, Czech technical university in Prague, 2015.
- Šafář, R.: Concrete Bridges – Worked Examples, Czech technical university in Prague, 2013.
- Šafář, R., petřík, M., tej, P.: Concrete Bridges, Worked examples, Czech technical university in Prague, 2013.
- Stráský, J., Betonové mosty, Technická knižnice autorizovaného inženýra a technika, Praha, 2001.
- Šafář, R.: Betonové mosty 1 - přednášky, skripta ČVUT, 2015.
- Šafář,, R.: Betonové mosty 2 - přednášky, skripta ČVUT, 2015.
- Šafář,, R.: Betonové mosty 2 - cvičení (Návrh předpjatého mostu podle Eurokodů), skripta ČVUT, 2015.
- Stráský, J., Klusáček, L., Panáček, J., Nečas, R.: Betonové mosty I. Modul CB1 až CB3, VUT, Brno, 2006.
- Hrdoušek,V.,Kukaň,V.,Šrůma,V.: Betonové mosty, skripta ČVUT Praha,1996.
- Moravčík, M., Zemko, Š.: Betónové mosty 1, Žilinská univerzita, Žilina, 2004.
- Janda,L.,Klesiner,Z.,Zvara,J.: Betonové mosty, SNTL, Praha, 1988.
- Navrátil, J.: Předpjaté betonové konstrukce, CERM s.r.o., Brno 2004.
- Collins, M. P., mitchell, D. Prestressed Concrete Structures, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, 1991.
- Hambley, E., C.: Bridge Deck Behaviour, E&FN SPON, 1991.
- Šafář, R.: Concrete Bridges - Lectures, Czech technical university in Prague, 2015.
- Šafář, R.: Concrete Bridges – Worked Examples, Czech technical university in Prague, 2013.
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