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Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures (BZK)

A student gains these knowledge and skills:
• Knowledge of basic principles of design of bridges.
• Virtue for designing essential types of concrete slab and framed bridges.
• Knowledge and skill in designing bridge accessories.

design of road and bridges, design of concrete structures, prestressed concrete

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1. Introduction. History and development of bridge engineering. Basic definitions. Type of bridges. Essential parts of bridges and their characteristics. Spatial arrangement.
2. Loads. Materials for bridges construction and their properties. Specifications for design of bridges and load-bearing structures.
3. Superstructure of road and railway bridges. Insulation. Pavements and cornices.
4. Safety barriers. Closing devices. Drainage.
5. Steel, concrete, elastomer and combined bearings.
6. Substructure – abutments, wing walls and intermediate supports.
7. Waterproofing and wearing surface. Support threshold. Bridge transitions.
8. Stone, masonry and plain concrete bridges. Culverts – types, loading, dimensioning.
9. Slab bridges – structural arrangement, static action.
10. Vertical, skew and irregular slabs. Accurate and approximate methods of slab calculation. Expansion action.
11. Slabs from prestressed concrete assembled from precast members – reinforcement, prestressing, calculation methods.
12. Principles of general types of cast in place girder bridges design.
13. Principles of design of general types of girder bridges from precast members.

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To gain knowledge about basic principles of design of bridges.
To learn designing of essential types of concrete slab and framed bridges.
To gain knowledge and skill in designing of bridge accessories.

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

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BRŰHWILER, Eugen a MENN, Christian: Stahlbetonbrücken. Wien, New York: Springer-Verlag, 2003. ISBN 3-211-83583-0. (DE)
HOLST, Karl, Heinz a HOLST, Ralph: Brücken aus Stahlbeton und Spannbeton. Berlin: Ernst und Sohn, 2004. ISBN 3-433-02837-0. (DE)
JANDA, Lubor, KLEISNER, Zdeněk a ZVARA, Jozef: Betonové mosty. Praha: SNTL, 1988. (CS)
MENN, Christian: Prestressed Concrete Bridges. Birkhäuser Verlag, 1991. ISBN 0817624147. (EN)
RYALL, Michael. J., PARKE, Gerard A. R. a HARDING, John E. (ed.).: Manual of Bridge Engineering. London: Thomas Telford, 2000. ISBN 0-7277-2774-5. (EN)

HALVONIK, Jaroslav a BORZOVIĆ, Viktor: Betónové mosty I. Navrhovanie železobetónových mostov pozemných komunikácií podľa Eurokódov. Bratislava: STU, 2010. ISBN 978-80-227-3323-6. (SK)
HEWSON, Nigel R.: Prestressed Concrete Bridges: Design and Construction. London: Thomas Telford Publishing, 2003. ISBN 978-0727732231. (EN)
HRDOUŠEK, Vladislav, KUKAŇ, Vlastimil a ŠAFÁŘ, Roman: Betonové mosty 10. Cvičení. Praha: ČVUT, 2004. ISBN 80-01-02853-4. (CS)
KUKAŇ, Vlastimil, ŠAFÁŘ, Roman a HRDOUŠEK, Vladislav: Betonové mosty 10. Praha: ČVUT, 2004. ISBN 80-01-02899-2. (CS)
MATHIVAT, Jacques: The Cantilever Construction of Prestressed Concrete Bridges. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1983. ISBN 978-0471103431. (EN)
SEČKÁŘ, Milan: Betonové mosty I. Brno: VUT, 1998. ISBN 80-214-1306-9. (CS)
SEČKÁŘ, Milan: Betonové mosty. Vybrané statě. Brno: VUT, 1989. (CS)
STRÁSKÝ, Jiří, KLUSÁČEK, Ladislav, PANÁČEK, Josef a NEČAS, Radim: Betonové mosty I. Modul CB1 až CB3 (studijní opora v elektronické podobě). Brno: VUT, 2006. (CS)
ŠAFÁŘ, Roman, KUKAŇ, Vlastimil, DRAHORÁD, Michal a FOGLAR, Marek: Betonové mosty 1. Přednášky. Praha: ČVUT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-01-04661-6. (CS)