Course detail

Members of Steel Structures

FAST-O23Acad. year: 2020/2021

Metal as a constructional material, engineering properties of metal, section types and size ranges. Steel qualities and material selection.
Principles of reliability of steel structures, allowable stress design, limit states design. Calculation models.
Connection design (welds, bolds, high-strength friction-grip bolting). stanchion base-plates design.
Tension members. Unrestrained and restrained beams. Pure and mixed torsion of thin-walled members. Introduction to buckling (ideal and real compression member, initial imperfections). Design of compression members. Built-up members. Buckling of plated elements. Design of plate girders. Beam columns.
Cold-formed sections and sheeting. Composite beams - basis of design and detailing.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jindřich Melcher, DrSc.

Department

Institute of Metal and Timber Structures (KDK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will learn and get under control the aims of matter in
teachings, focused to problems of elements of metal structures, in term of content amplificated more in detail in the schedule of related training subject.

Prerequisites

building constructions I, building constructions II

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. Introduction to problems of the design and realization of steel load-bearing structures. Advantages and disadvantages of steel structures, situation and perspective of branch development.
2. Materials and assortment of structural elements.
3. Principles and rules of steel structures reliability, method of allowable stress and limit state design method. Design of steel structures with use of probability approach.
4. Geometric and static characteristics of ope nand closed thin-walled cross-sections of steel structures members.
5. Bolted joints and frictional joints.
6. Fillet welds.
7. Butt welds, plug welds, slott welds.
8. Tension members. Bending of beams - elastic and elastically-plastic action.
9. Saint-Vénant torsion and mixed torsion of thin-walled members with open and closed cross-section.
10. Buckling resistance of compression members with composite and built-up section.
11. Lateral-torsional buckling of girders in bending.
12. Members in bending and tension, and under bending and compression.
13. Load-bearing capacity of thin-walled cross-sections. Critical and post-critical load-bearing capacity of a plain girders with thin walls. Resistance of steel structures to the action of repeated load. Factors which influence pulsating fatigue limit of steel structures.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of this course and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.

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

Balio, G., Mazzolani, F.M.: Design of Steel Structures. E&FN Spon 1999
Ferjenčík, P., Schun, J., Melcher, J. a kol.: Navrhovanie ocelových konštrukcií, 1. časť, 2. časť. ALFA Bratislava - SNTL Praha 1986
Salmon, C.G., Johnson, J.E.: Steel Structures: Design and Behavior. Addison-Wesley Pub Co 1997
Studnička, J.: Ocelové konstrukce. ČVUT v Praze 2002

Recommended reading

SCI-The Steel Construction Institute, Ascot, U.K.: ESDEP-European Steel Design Education Programme, CD ROM. ESDEP Society 2000

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jindřich Melcher, DrSc.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to problems of the design and realization of steel load-bearing structures. Advantages and disadvantages of steel structures, situation and perspective of branch development. 2. Materials and assortment of structural elements. 3. Principles and rules of steel structures reliability, method of allowable stress and limit state design method. Design of steel structures with use of probability approach. 4. Geometric and static characteristics of ope nand closed thin-walled cross-sections of steel structures members. 5. Bolted joints and frictional joints. 6. Fillet welds. 7. Butt welds, plug welds, slott welds. 8. Tension members. Bending of beams - elastic and elastically-plastic action. 9. Saint-Vénant torsion and mixed torsion of thin-walled members with open and closed cross-section. 10. Buckling resistance of compression members with composite and built-up section. 11. Lateral-torsional buckling of girders in bending. 12. Members in bending and tension, and under bending and compression. 13. Load-bearing capacity of thin-walled cross-sections. Critical and post-critical load-bearing capacity of a plain girders with thin walls. Resistance of steel structures to the action of repeated load. Factors which influence pulsating fatigue limit of steel structures.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jindřich Melcher, DrSc.