Course detail

Load-Bearing Structures 1

FAST-AL001Acad. year: 2018/2019

Principles and rules of design. Stress and its effect. Properties of the material for concrete structures. Design of reinforced concrete members stressed by the bending moment, normal, force, shearing force and by torsion. Essential types of the members. Members from plain concrete.
Design and realisation of steel load-bearing structures. Advantages and disadvantages of steel structures. Material and assortment of structural members. Principles and rules reliability, method of limit states. Joints of the steel structures. Tension frames. Bend of beams. Stability and buckling load-bearing capacity of compressed frames. Beams tilting. Load-bearing capacity of slender walls.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures (BZK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

A student gains these knowledge and skills:
Knowledge of the behaviour of concrete and steel members differently stressed. Knowledge of the principles of reinforced concrete and steel cross-section dimensioning for general stresses. Virtue for designing simple reinforced concrete and steel structures. Virtue for designing joints of the steel structures. Ability of preparing relevant technical drawings for reinforcing RC members.

Prerequisites

principles of structural mechanics and elasticity

Co-requisites

do not required

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations. Education runs in the forms of lectures and trainings. Character of the lectures is based on definition of basic principles, problems and methodology. In the trainings the main subject matters are trained on individually defined projects (examples).

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To gain the credit, the students should elaborate individually defined design and calculate specified task. The students are obliged to consult the design continuously in the given terms and submit it to the fixed date. The presences in training lessons are checked. An exam consists both of the written part, in which the task is elaborated, and the theoretical part. To pass the exam successfully, both parts should be accomplished.

Course curriculum

1. Type of load-bearing structures, their characteristics and applicability. Principles and rules of design.
2. Stress and its effects on load-bearing structures, combination of stresses.
3. Properties of materials for concrete structures. Concrete structures sorting.
4. Ultimate strength – direct and bending stress.
5. Ultimate strength – shearing stress, torsion moment.
6.-7. Member of concrete structures- slabs, beams, girders, lintels. Structures of stairs. Plain concrete.
8.-9. Design and realisation of steel load-bearing structures. Material and assortment of structural members.
10. Principles and rules of steel structures reliability, method of the limit states.
11. Joints of steel structures – principles of design and structural solution.
12. Tension members. Bending of beams. Stability and buckling strength of compressed members of massive, jointed and compound sections.
13. Tilting of beams. Load-bearing capacity of slender walls.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To gain ability for design of reinforced concrete members and simple structures together with preparing relevant technical drawings.
To design steel members and their joints.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-APS (N) Bachelor's

    branch APS , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Type of load-bearing structures, their characteristics and applicability. Principles and rules of design.
2. Stress and its effects on load-bearing structures, combination of stresses.
3. Properties of materials for concrete structures. Concrete structures sorting.
4. Ultimate strength – direct and bending stress.
5. Ultimate strength – shearing stress, torsion moment.
6.-7. Member of concrete structures- slabs, beams, girders, lintels. Structures of stairs. Plain concrete.
8.-9. Design and realisation of steel load-bearing structures. Material and assortment of structural members.
10. Principles and rules of steel structures reliability, method of the limit states.
11. Joints of steel structures – principles of design and structural solution.
12. Tension members. Bending of beams. Stability and buckling strength of compressed members of massive, jointed and compound sections.
13. Tilting of beams. Load-bearing capacity of slender walls.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1.- 2. Dimensioning of the reinforced concrete slab within USL (ultimate limit state) – effect of the bending moment.
3.- 4. Dimensioning of the reinforced concrete beam (slab and girder floor) within USL (ultimate limit state) – effect of the bending moment.
5.- 6. Dimensioning of the reinforced concrete beam (slab and girder floor) within USL (ultimate limit state) – effect of the shearing force.
7.- 8. Structural requirement and reinforcement drawing of the designed members.
9.- 12. Basic strain types and dimensioning of the steel structure members – bending moment, simple compression, buckling compression. Basic joint types of the steel structure members.
13. Credit.