Course detail

Metal Bridges I

FAST-BO09Acad. year: 2020/2021

Basic concepts. Steel bridges design standards.
Actions on bridges. Metal bridges design rules. Bridge superstructure and deck – road and railway bridges.
Steel girder bridges – web-plate girder bridges, truss girder bridges.
Composite steel-concrete bridges – basic information.
Methods of securing space rigidity and global stability of steel bridges. Bridge equipment and fittings.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Marcela Karmazínová, CSc.

Department

Institute of Metal and Timber Structures (KDK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will learn the problems of the course and will get under controll the course aims, within the meaning of obtaining knowledge and skills in the field of design of basic structural systems of metal and steel-concrete bridges, concretized in the course schedule.

Prerequisites

Structural mechanics: static solution - simple and continue girders, truss structures, arches, influence lines. Metal structures: design of elements and connections of steel structures.

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. Basic concepts, bridge terminology, main part of the bridge, normative documents for design and implementation of the steel structures.
2. Bridge construction loading. Loading of the road bridges. Climatic loading.
3. Reliability and limit states of the steel bridges buildings.
4. Fatigue of the steel bridges construction.
5. Bridge superstructure and deck of the railway bridges - basic types, structural design rules.
6. Bridge superstructure and deck of the road bridges - basic types, structural design rules.
7. Bridges with open decks - static design of deck members.
8. Plate steel decks (orthotropic deck) - structural design rules, shear lag of wide chord.
9. Composite steel-concrete girders - basic principles and designed rules.
10. Grid of beams - basic rules of construction system and structural design principles.
11. Beam bridge with plate main girder of the open and closed section.
12. Beam bridge with truss main girder.
13. Bracing of the bridge constructions - types, function, loading, static determination. Bridge accessories and attachment.

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

Faltus, F.: Plnostěnné ocelové mosty trámové. Praha SNTL, 1965. (CS)
Johnson, R.P., Bucky, R.J.: Composite Structures of Steel and Concrete – Vol. 2.: Bridges. COLLINS, 1986. (EN)
Pechar, J., Bureš, J., Schindler,A.: Kovové mosty. SNTL Alfa Praha, 1990. (CS)
Troitsky, M.S.: Planning and Design of Bridges. John Willey and Sons, 1994. (EN)

Recommended reading

Faltus, F.: Ocelové mosty příhradové, obloukové a visuté. Academia Praha, 1971. (CS)
Wai-Fah Chen, Lian Duan: Bridge Engeneering Handbook. CRC Press, 1999. (EN)
SCI-The Steel Construction Institute: ESDEP-European Steel Design Education Programme. U.K., 2000. (EN)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Marcela Karmazínová, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Basic concepts, bridge terminology, main part of the bridge, normative documents for design and implementation of the steel structures. 2. Bridge construction loading. Loading of the road bridges. Climatic loading. 3. Reliability and limit states of the steel bridges buildings. 4. Fatigue of the steel bridges construction. 5. Bridge superstructure and deck of the railway bridges - basic types, structural design rules. 6. Bridge superstructure and deck of the road bridges - basic types, structural design rules. 7. Bridges with open decks - static design of deck members. 8. Plate steel decks (orthotropic deck) - structural design rules, shear lag of wide chord. 9. Composite steel-concrete girders - basic principles and designed rules. 10. Grid of beams - basic rules of construction system and structural design principles. 11. Beam bridge with plate main girder of the open and closed section. 12. Beam bridge with truss main girder. 13. Bracing of the bridge constructions - types, function, loading, static determination. Bridge accessories and attachment.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Marcela Karmazínová, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Loads of bridge structures - load of railway bridges and road bridges. 2. Structural composition of railway bridge with member (classic) deck and rail bed deck. 3.-4. Static design of deck members: stringers of member deck, longitudinal stiffnesses of rail-bed deck. 5.-6. Static design of deck members: transverse girders. 7.-9. Static design of main girders. 10.-11. Static design of bracings. 12.-13. Structural detailing of members and details of bridge deck and main girders: drawing documentation.