Course Details

Special Concrete Structures (K)

Academic Year 2024/25

NLB036 course is part of 1 study plan

NPC-SIK Winter Semester 2nd year

Analysis of space structures. Prestressed concrete structures in the structural engineering. High-rise buildings. Slabs structures prestressed by bonded and unbonded cables.
Arch structures in the civil engineering. Arch bridge structures. Examples of arch structures. Domes and shells.
Suspension and cable-stayed systems. Cable-stayed structures. Suspension structures.
Stress-ribbon structures.

Credits

6 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

structural mechanics, concrete structures, prestressed concrete, concrete bridges

Aims

To analyse selected special concrete structures, e.g. high-rise buildings, arches, shells, suspension and cable-stayed structures.
A student gains these knowledge and skills:
• The ability to analyse selected special concrete structures, e.g. high-rise buildings, arches, shells, suspension and cable-stayed structures.

Basic Literature

RUHE, H. Priestorové strešné konštrukcie. . Bratislava: ALFA, 1979. (sk)
SALVADORI, Mario a HELLER, R. Konštrukcia v architekture. Bratislava: ALFA, 1971. (sk)
STRÁSKÝ, Jiří. Stress Ribbon and Cable-supported Pedestrian Bridges. London: Thomas Telford, 2005. ISBN 07277-3282-X. (en)

Recommended Reading

SALVADORI, Mario. Why Buildings Stand up: The Strength of Architecture. New York: WW Norton and Com., 2002. ISBN 0-393-30676-3. (en)
BRŰHWILER, Eugen a MENN, Christian. Stahlbetonbrücken. Wien, New York: Springer-Verlag, 2003. ISBN 3-211-83583-0 (de)
BILLINGTON, David. Thin Shell Concrete Structures. New York: McGraf-Hill Book Com., 1982. ISBN 0070052794. (en)
Elektronické studijní opory FAST VUT
Stráský Jiří. Konstrukční systémy a analýza lan. 28 stran, 2013; Stráský Jiří. Konstrukce tvořené předpjatým pásem a membránou. 88 stran, 2013; Stráský Jiří. Konstrukce podporované kabely. 64 stran, 2013 (cs)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

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Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Analysis of space structures.
  • 2. Prestressed concrete structures in the structural engineering.
  • 3. High-rise buildings.
  • 4. Slabs structures prestressed by bonded and unbonded cables.
  • 5. Arch structures in the civil engineering. Arch bridge structures.
  • 6. Domes.
  • 7. Shells.
  • 8. Suspension and cable-stayed systems. Cable-stayed structures.
  • 9. Suspension structures.
  • 10. Stress-ribbon structures.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Prestressed floor structure of storeyed garages: Design of dimensions and prestressing force, geometry, loading states.
  • 2. Calculating model of a slab.
  • 3.–4. Computational determination of internal forces together with graphical outputs.
  • 5. Completion of structural solution and its control.
  • 6. Dimensioning of a slab on bending strength.
  • 7. Correction.
  • 8. Dimensioning of a slab on bursting stress.
  • 9. Drawings. Control of dimensioning.
  • 10. Project submission. Credit.