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Mechanical barrier systems

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Course Unit Code060-0538/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
OSA009Ing. Vladimíra Trochtová, Ph.D.
KAD0084Ing. Miriam Kadlubcová
Summary
The aim of the subject is to provide students with barrier systems in connection with the technical protection. With their classification, functions, technical properties, breakthrough resistance, safety degrees and resistance classes, including their certification. Also with technical standards of mechanical barrier systems, their importance for ensuring physical protection and their current development trends in the EU and the world. Emphasis is placed on the interconnection of mechanical barrier systems with other elements of physical protection, with modern technologies, but also on their indispensable place in the integrated security system.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Learning outcomes of the course unit The subject acquaints with the technical means of protection, their classification, functions, technical properties, breakthrough resistance, degree of security and safety classes, including their certification, with technical standards regulating the problems of mechanical barriers, their importance for ensuring perimetric, and subject-matter protection and their current development trends in the EU and the world. Emphasis is placed on the interconnection of mechanical barrier systems with other elements of physical protection, with modern technologies, but also on their indispensable place in the integrated security system.
Course Contents
1. Mechanical barrier systems - characteristics, professional terminology, historical development, breakdown, function and significance in the physical protection of persons and property against illegal acts.
2. Legislation - technical standards governing mechanical barrier systems.
3 Mechanical obstruction protection systems - fences, safety fences, high security fences, top barriers, underground obstacles, entrances, entrances, barriers, gates, turnstiles.
4. Mechanical barrier protection systems - building elements of the casing, doors, balcony doors, windows, shutters, blinds, blinds, locking systems, safety glass, grilles.
5. Mechanical barrier systems of spatial protection.
6. Mechanical obstruction systems of object protection - commercial safes, fire-proof safes, chamber safes, cabinets, special safes, steel and filing cabinets, hand-boxes.
7. Technical characteristics of mechanical barrier systems - breakthrough resistance, ČSN 1627: Windows, doors, grilles, shutters, calculation of breakthrough resistance, minimum breakthrough time, safety classes, certification.
8. Critical locations of the perimeter and envelope protection of the object, the course of attack on the object.
9. The interconnection of mechanical barrier systems with other physical protection elements, their role in integrated security systems.
10. Mechanical barrier systems - their function and importance in transporting cash and valuables.
11. Mechanical barrier systems - securing of motor vehicles, mechanical barrier system in road transport.
12. Modern technologies and trends in the EU and worldwide in the field of mechanical barrier systems.
13. Qualified design of mechanical barrier systems - design documentation, record in building documentation.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
UHLÁŘ, Jan. Technická ochrana objektů: I. díl - Mechanické zábranné systémy II, 2. vyd. Praha: Policejní
akademie, České republiky v Praze, 2009, 179 s. ISBN 978-80-7251-312-3
IVANKA, Jan. Mechanické zábranné systémy, Zlín, 2014, ISBN 978-80-7454-427-9
ČSN EN 1627 Dveře, okna, lehké obvodové pláště, mříže a okenice - Odolnost proti vloupání - Požadavky a klasifikace
ČSN 916010 Úschovné objekty - Zkušební metody a klasifikace odolnosti proti vloupání - Skříňové komorové trezory
ČSN EN 1303 Stavební kování - Cylindrické vložky pro zámky – Požadavky a zkušební metody
ČSN EN 1063 Sklo ve stavebnictví - Bezpečnostní zasklení
ČSN EN 13659 Okenice – Funkční bezpečnostní požadavky
UHLÁŘ, Jan. Technická ochrana objektů: I. díl - Mechanické zábranné systémy II, 2. vyd. Praha: Policejní
akademie, České republiky v Praze, 2009, 179 s. ISBN 978-80-7251-312-3
IVANKA, Jan. Mechanické zábranné systémy, Zlín, 2014, ISBN 978-80-7454-427-9
ČSN EN 1627 Dveře, okna, lehké obvodové pláště, mříže a okenice - Odolnost proti vloupání - Požadavky a klasifikace
ČSN 916010 Úschovné objekty - Zkušební metody a klasifikace odolnosti proti vloupání - Skříňové komorové trezory
ČSN EN 1303 Stavební kování - Cylindrické vložky pro zámky – Požadavky a zkušební metody
ČSN EN 1063 Sklo ve stavebnictví - Bezpečnostní zasklení
ČSN EN 13659 Okenice – Funkční bezpečnostní požadavky
Recommended Reading:
L. Fennelly. Effective Physical Security. 5th ed. Cambridge: Elsevier, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-12-804462-9
M. L. Garcia. The Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems. 2nd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-7506-8352-4.
L. Fennelly. Effective Physical Security. 5th ed. Cambridge: Elsevier, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-12-804462-9
M. L. Garcia. The Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems. 2nd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-7506-8352-4.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
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
        CreditCredit30 10
        ExaminationExamination70 21