Course Details

Diagnostics of Buildings Constructions (E)

Academic Year 2025/26

NIB017 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIE Winter Semester 1st year

The task of construction diagnostics by carrying out a building-technical survey within maintenance, repair and reconstruction of structures.
General methodology of diagnostic procedures, flow diagram of structure survey.
Application of destructive and non-destructive testing methods by surveys, non-destructive tests made more accurate, evaluation of results with statistic methods.
Use the full range of non-destructive testing on real or virtual construction (check reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, a combination of GPR and electromagnetic methods for locating the reinforcement in structures).
Defect and failure diagnostics.
Deformations and cracks in constructions monitoring, and degradation of material.
Methods of long-time structure controlling.
Seminary paper concerns the proposal of detailed progress of structure-technical survey of the construction.
Laboratory practice with individual task, demonstration of test procedures on models and buildings.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Cikrle, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Testing

Forms and criteria of assessment

graded course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Goniometric functions, units of physical quantities and their transfers, the fundamental laws of physics, mechanics of bodies.

Aims

Theoretical acquainting and practice realizing of diagnostics methods used for material properties detection in various types of structures. Based on acquired knowledge the student will be able to choose the optimal method for given diagnostics task.
Students will be able to realize diagnostics methods used for material properties detection in various types of structures. Based on acquired knowledge the student will be able to choose the optimal method for given diagnostics task.

Basic Literature

Balayssac, J.P., Garnier, V. Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation of Civil Engineering Structures. 1st Edition Amsterdam, ISTE Press - Elsevier, 2017. (en)
HOBST, Leonard a kol. Diagnostika stavebních konstrukcí. Studijní opora. Brno: FAST VUT, 2005. (cs)
CIKRLE, P. a kol.: NDT Zkoušení ve stavebnictví. Brno: Ústav stavebního zkušebnictví, VUT v Brně FAST, 2010. s. 1-133. ISBN: 978-80-214-4198- 9 (cs)

Recommended Reading

KLOIBER, Michal a Miloš DRDÁCKÝ. Diagnostika dřevěných konstrukcí. Praha: ČKAIT, 2015. Technická knižnice. ISBN 978-80-87438-64-0. (cs)
ČSN ISO 13822 (730038) A Zásady navrhování konstrukcí - Hodnocení existujících konstrukcí. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 2014. (cs)
ČSN EN 13791 Posuzování pevnosti betonu v tlaku v konstrukcích a v prefabrikovaných betonových dílcích. Praha: ÚNMZ, 2021. (cs)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/295772

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Assessment of existing structures.
  • 2. Overview of modern diagnostic methods.
  • 3. Evaluation of properties of concrete in structures.
  • 4.–5. Non-Destructive and Destructive Methods of Testing Concrete in Structures.
  • 6.–7. Methods for location of the reinforcement - electromagnetic, radiation, GPR.
  • 8.–9. Diagnostics of brick masonry and stone structures
  • 10.–11. Diagnostics of wooden and steel structures.
  • 12. Monitoring of Cracks.
  • 13. Excursion – demonstration of diagnostics.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1.–2. Assignment of the seminar work, proposal of diagnostics of reinforced concrete or brick construction.
  • 3.–4. Non-destructive testing of concrete – homogenity, indicators of reinforcement.
  • 5.–6. Testing of cores, the characteristic compressive strength of concrete.
  • 7.–8. Radar method (GPR), radiation defectoscopy.
  • 9.–10. Testing of brick masonry.
  • 11.–12. Presentation of seminar papers.
  • 13. Credit.