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Department of Engineering (US)

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– The student will understand what a building structure is, what makes it up and what its specifics are
– The student will be able to draw the structural system of a building in clear sketches.
– The student will be able to identify the essential elements that make up a building's skeleton.
– The student will understand the principle of Limit State Theory and how it evaluates the load capacity and serviceability of individual elements.
– The student will understand the loads acting on different parts of a building, be able to quantify them based on EC standards and create essential combinations for the load capacity and serviceability of a structure.
– The student will be able to differentiate between the basic types of stresses in building structures and draw simple internal force diagrams for elements.
– The student can calculate the capacity of simple bent elements of different materials based on the EC methodology.

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The teaching consists of seminars that present the main theoretical information about building structures and the method of their structural analysis. The seminars focus on the understanding of the theoretical knowledge together with its application in the seminar work. The correctness of the application of this knowledge is regularly verified during discussions over the presentation of the students' work. Seminar work is assigned at the beginning of the semester and consulted on an ongoing basis. The theoretical knowledge used in the seminar work will be verified during the final defence of the seminar work. The focus of the course is teacher-led discussion of the theoretical and practical problems within the seminar paper, ensuring students' understanding of the issues.

Seminar work and its theoretical defence is evaluated. Seminar work consist 60% of whole evaluation, theoretical defence 40%. The deadlines for submission are determined by the teacher in the form of a written assignment at the beginning of the semester and are binding.

Course syllabus:

1. Structures of buildings. Static calculation – its purpose, aim and methods
2. Design of the building structure. Main load-bearing elements and graphic representation of the structure
3. Methods of analysis of building structures in terms of load-bearing capacity and serviceability. Limit state theory
4. Loads. Dividing, types, definitions
5. Combination of loads. Composing combinations, coefficients. Method of how to compose loads on a specific element according to EC
6. Types of internal forces. Diagrams of internal forces on elements
7. Method of calculation of internal forces. Drawing internal forces and finding their extreme values
8. Cross-sectional characteristics. Method of calculation and their use
9. Basic types of stresses - bended elements. Theory and typical elements for which this stress is dominant
10. Bended elements - procedure of static calculation according to material type (steel, reinforced concrete, wood)
11. Basic types of stresses - tension and compression. Theory and typical elements for which this stress is dominant
12. Basic types of stresses - shear and torsion. Theory and typical elements for which this stress is dominant
13. Summary of basic learnings. Discussion. Presentation of students' static designs

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The aim of the course is to understand how building structures work, what influences affect them and what methods are currently used to verify the reliability and serviceability of these structures. This includes the student's ability to clearly identify the main load-bearing elements of the building structure, knowledge of the relevant EC standards, understanding of limit state theory, orientation in different types of loads, ability to draw the internal forces diagrams for the specific elements and to analyse the load bearing capacity of different profiles. The aim is to learn how to conceptually approach the analysis of the load-bearing structure of a building correctly and how to clearly communicate the results of this analysis to other professions. The aim is also to stimulate creative and critical thinking in the context of discussions over the solutions of the seminar papers.

Student must attend 70 % of seminars. During the semester, student continuously completes at least 3 consultations of the seminar work. Replacement of compulsory attendance at semionars is solved individually by prior agreement with the lecturer.

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EN 1990 Eurocode: Basis of structural design. (EN)
EN 1991-1-1 Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-1: General actions - Densities, self-weight, imposed loads for buildings. (EN)
EN 1991-1-3 Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-3: General actions - Snow loads. (EN)
EN 1991-1-4 Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-4: General actions - Wind actions. (EN)
EN 1992-1-1 Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures -Part 1-1 : General rules and rules for buildings. (EN)
EN 1993-1-1 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures -Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings. (EN)
EN 1995-1-1 Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures -Part 1-1: General -Common rules and rules for buildings. (EN)
LEVY, Matthys; SALVADORI, Mario. Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail. New York: W·W·Norton & Company, 2002. ISBN: 978-0393311525. (EN)
SALVADORI, Mario. Why buildings stand up: The Strength of Architecture. London: W·W·Norton & Company New York, 1980. ISBN: 0-393-01401—0. (EN)

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