Course Details

Engineering and Transport Structures

Academic Year 2023/24

BO001 course is part of 2 study plans

B-K-C-SI (N) / VS Winter Semester 2nd year

B-P-C-SI (N) / VS Winter Semester 2nd year

History, progress and importance of engineering structures in civil engineering
Basic types of building and engineering structures and their general characteristics.
Building materials – material properties from the viewpoint of usage in building structures, basic material characteristics.
Load of building structure, load classification, particular load cases and their combinations.
Concrete and masonry structures, metal and timber structures – basic types, dispositional and structural design, significant structural details.
Basis of design and computer modelling of engineering structures.
Concrete and steel bridges and timber footbridges, masonry bridges and vaults: overview of types.
Transportation history, categorization, social aspects, transportation advantages and disadvantages. Integrated transport systems. Transportation terminology and basic concepts.
Railway transport charakteristic, basic concepts, alignment and profile of the line, permanent way and subgrade. Railway station.
Roadway and motorway characteristics in CR, design of road structures, technologies for road construction, urban infrastructure.
Airports.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

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

Knowledge

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 basic principles of design of civil engineering structures, concretized in the course schedule.

Syllabus

1. Basic types of building and engineering structures.
2. Materials for civil structures.
3. Basic types of concrete, masonry, steel and timber structures.
4. Loading of building structure, load classification, kinds of loading actions, load cases and their combinations.
5. Basis of design and computer modelling of engineering structures.
6. Basis of structural design of buildings.
7. Concrete, steel and timber bridges and footbridges.
8. Transportation history, categorization, social aspects, transportation advantages and disadvantages. Transportation terminology and basic concepts. Alignment and profile of the line.
9. Roadway and motorway characteristics in CR. Structural and geometrical arrangement of road structures.
10. Urban road.
11. Technologies for road construction. Road types.
12. Permanent way and subgrade.
13. Railway stations. Airports.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of building materials, elementary bases of elasticity, strength and structural mechanics.
Fundamental knowledge of mathematics and geometry. General knowledge and orientation in maps.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

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

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Basic types of building and engineering structures. 2. Materials for civil structures. 3. Basic types of concrete, masonry, steel and timber structures. 4. Loading of building structure, load classification, kinds of loading actions, load cases and their combinations. 5. Basis of design and computer modelling of engineering structures. 6. Basis of structural design of buildings. 7. Concrete, steel and timber bridges and footbridges. 8. Transportation history, categorization, social aspects, transportation advantages and disadvantages. Transportation terminology and basic concepts. Alignment and profile of the line. 9. Roadway and motorway characteristics in CR. Structural and geometrical arrangement of road structures. 10. Urban road. 11. Technologies for road construction. Road types. 12. Permanent way and subgrade. 13. Railway stations. Airports.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Basis of design and computer modelling of engineering structures. 2.-3. Basic types of building and engineering structures: basic types of concrete, masonry, steel and timber structures, concrete, steel and timber bridges and footbridges, basis of structural design of buildings. 4.-5. Materials for civil structures: basic building materials, their physical-mechanical properties, advantages and disadvantages. 6. Loading of building structures, load classification, load types and values, load cases and their combinations. 7. Basic terminology. Design both of road communications and railway lines. Alignment – design of road axis, circular curve. 8. Horizontal alignment – transition curve (clothoid), transitioned simple curve. 9. Vertical alignment – design of levelling. 10. Drawings – layout drawing, profile. 11. Road cathegories, road cross section. 12. Cross section of railway track, drainage, earthwork structures. 13. Final control of tasks elaborated.