Course detail

Steel Structures

FAST-O24Acad. year: 2011/2012

Historical development and modern usage of steel structures in civil engineering. Process of design and building arrangement.
Design of industrial buildings. Roof structure (purlins and sheeting rails, roof girders and trusses, roof bracing). Crane girders. Frame structure. Single-storey frame connections. Columns and column basis.
Design of multi-storey buildings. General arrangement and analysis of structural system. Flooring systems. Building frame. Multi-storey frame connections. Columns. Beams. Bracing structures of the building. Columns and column basis.
Fabrication of steel structures. Erection. Corrosion protection. Fire protection and fire engineering.
Learning from failures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

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

members of steel structures

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Disposition arrangement and loading.
2. Design of industrial building structures. Composition of roof construction (roof cladding, spars)
3. Simple plate and latticed purlins; jointed, continuous, truss and suspended purlins.
4. Plate and latticed roof girders, roof bracings.
5. Bearings and additional roof structures.
6. Crane runway system in industrial buildings. Crane runways for bridge cranes: loading, rails, a main girder of a crane runway.
7. Design and constructional design of a main girder and a horizontal stiffening girder of a crane runway. Principle of a transmission of a brake force of bridge cranes to the foundations.
8. Systems of industrial building main frames.
9. Design of columns of main frames of factory buildings. Principles of plain and lattice columns design.
10. Base and anchorage systems of columns.
11. Space rigidity of an industrial building system. Cross-wind bracing, bracing of the building with all-stocketed columns.
12. Structure of external and interior walls of an industrial building, design of window and gate lintels.
13. Technology of manufacturing and realization of steel structures. Assembly of steel structures, maintenance, rebuilding and stiffening 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

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jindřich Melcher, DrSc.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jindřich Melcher, DrSc.