Course detail

Selected Topics of Structural Mechanics I

FAST-5D3Acad. year: 2016/2017

Selected topics from analysis of civil engineering structures. Cable structures - roofs and bridges. Methods for analysis of cable structures - geometrically and physically nonlinear solution. Static and dynamic solution of 2D and 3D structures. Nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete beams. Nonlinear analysis of prestressed concrete beams. Dynamic behaviour. Rheological phenomena. Nonlinear analysis of steel structures. Buckling and post-buckling. Influence of imperfections. Numerical methods of analysis.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Drahomír Novák, DrSc.

Department

Institute of Structural Mechanics (STM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

fundamentals of the structure mechanics and the theory of elasticity and plasticity, fundamentals of the finite element method, infinitesimal calculus, matrix algebra, fundamentals of numerical mathematics

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1.Selected topics from the analysis of civil engineering structures.
2.Cable structures - roofs and bridges.
3.Methods for analysis of cable structures – geometrical non-linearity .
4.Methods for analysis of cable structures - physically nonlinear solution.
5.Static and dynamic solution of 2D and 3D structures.
6.Nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete beams.
7.Nonlinear analysis of prestressed concrete beams.
8.Dynamic behaviour.
9.Rheological phenomena.
10.Nonlinear analysis of steel structures.
11.Buckling and post-buckling.
12.Influence of imperfections.
13.Automation of calculation.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Cable structures of roof and bridge types. Geometrical and material nonlinearity. Membranes. Static and dynamic analysis of 1D, 2D and 3D structures. Nonlinear analysis of RC beams (including prestressed beams). Dynamic effects. Rheological effects. Stability computation. Imperfections effects.

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

Chobot a kol.: Statika stavebních konstrukcí III. SNTL Praha 1985
Kolář a kol.: Výpočet plošných a prostorových konstrukcí metodou konečných. SNTL Praha 1979
Zienkiewicz: The Finite Element Method. McGraw-Hill

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Drahomír Novák, DrSc.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Drahomír Novák, DrSc.