Course detail

Selected Topics of Structural Mechanics

FAST-5D9Acad. year: 2019/2020

Cable structures - roofs and bridges. Methods for analysis of cable structures - geometrically and physically nonlinear solution. Nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete beams. Nonlinear analysis of prestressed concrete beams. Nonlinear analysis of steel structures. Buckling and post-buckling. Influence of imperfections. Theory of plasticity. Ultimate capacity of structures. Application for beams and slabs. Selected design methods for analysis of slabs. Step-by-step solution of elastic and plastic behaviour of structures. Approximate solution methods. Finite Element Method. Optimalization of structures. Linear programming. Simplex method. Selected methods for calculation of ultimate capacity of beams.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Drahomír Novák, DrSc.

Department

Institute of Structural Mechanics (STM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

fundamentals of the structure mechanics and the theory of elasticity and plasticity, fundamentals of the finite element method, infinitesimal calculus, matrix algebra, fundamentals of numerical mathematics

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1.Cable structures - roofs and bridges.
2.Methods for analysis of cable structures - geometrical and physical nonlinearity
3.Nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete beams. Nonlinear analysis of prestressed concrete beams.
4.Nonlinear analysis of steel structures.
5.Buckling and post-buckling.
6.Influence of imperfections.
7.Theory of plasticity. Ultimate capacity of structures. Application for beams and slabs.
8.Solution of irotropic and orthotropic slabs for variant marchinal conditions.
9.Step-by-step solution of elastic and plastic behaviour of structures.
10.Approximate solution methods. Finite Element Method. Optimalization of structures.
11.Linear programming.
12.Simplex method.
13.Selected methods for calculation of ultimate capacity of beams.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Cable structures of roof and bridge types. Geometrical and material nonlinearities. Stability computation. Imperfections effects. Theory of plasticity and theory of limit capacity of bar and plate structures. Optimization methods. Linear programming. Simplex method, the use in theory of limit states of bar structures. Cyclic loading of bar structures.

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

Kolář a kol.: Výpočet plošných a prostorových konstrukcí metodou konečných. SNTL Praha 1979
Kolektiv: Plošné betonové konstrukce. CERM Brno 1998
Park, Gamble: Reinforced Concrete Slabs. John Wiley, New York 1980

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Drahomír Novák, DrSc.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Drahomír Novák, DrSc.