Course detail

Metal and Timber Structures

FAST-BO007Acad. year: 2022/2023

History and importance of engineering structures in civil engineering.
Basic types of steel and timber engineering structures.
Advantages and disadvantages of metal and timber structures from the economical point of view with respect to the physical and moral lifespan and material return.
Material properties of steel and timber material.
Structural design of bearing systems.
Economical aspects of metal and timber structures.
Metal structures of industrial single-storey buildings.
Multi-storey buildings with steel frameworks.
Steel bridges.
Metal structures in water engineering.
Special metal structures.
Timber structures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Milan Šmak, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Metal and Timber Structures (KDK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students have to manage the aim of the subject. They obtain more detailed knowledge about the problems of design metal and timber structures.

Prerequisites

Mathematics, structural mechanics, elasticity, design of elements of structures - basis, actions on structures.

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. Metal structures of industrial buildings (disposition, configuration of structures, roof cladding, roof purlins).
2. Industrial steel buildings (roof girders, construction of crane track, columns, column foot and anchorage, space rigidity).
3. Multi-storey buildings with a steel framework (criteria of design, actions, parts of steel structures and their connections, space rigidity).
4. Metal bridges (parts of a bridge construction, bearings and shutters, mobile bridges, assembling of bridges).
5. Metal structures in hydraulic engineering (types of weir shutters, structure of shutters, lock chamber gates).
6. Special metal structures (tanks, stacks, silos, high diameter pipelines, towers and masts, structures of technical equipment).
7. Properties of the wood and wood-based materials (mechanical properties of timber material, basic design parameters, requirements of structure conditions).
8. Ultimate states of the timber structures, principles of their design.
9. Basic types of stress of members and parts of timber structures.
10. Connections in timber structures.
11. Plate timber girders, frames and arches.
12. Truss timber structures.
13. Spatial structures – cupolas, domes, shells and gables.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of this course and to practise acquired 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

ČSN EN 1993-1-1 Eurokód 3: Navrhování ocelových konstrukcí - Část 1-1: Obecná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby
ČSN EN 1995-1-1 Eurokód 5: Navrhování dřevěných konstrukcí - Část 1-1: Obecná pravidla - Společná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby
Kuklík, P.: Dřevěné konstrukce, Praha: IC ČKAIT, 2005, ISBN 80-86769-72-0
Kuklík, P.; Kuklíková A.: Navrhování dřevěných konstrukcí. Informační centrum ČKAIT 2010, ISBN 978-80-87093-88-7

Recommended reading

Kermani, A.; Porteous, J: Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5. Wiley and Sons 2013 ISBN 978-0-470-67500-7
Silva, L.S. et al. Design of steel structures, 2010 ISBN (ECCS) 978-92-9147-098-3, ISBN (Ernst & Sohn) 978-3-433-02973-2

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch N , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Milan Šmak, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Metal structures of industrial buildings (disposition, configuration of structures, roof cladding, roof purlins). 2. Industrial steel buildings (roof girders, construction of crane track, columns, column foot and anchorage, space rigidity). 3. Multi-storey buildings with a steel framework (criteria of design, actions, parts of steel structures and their connections, space rigidity). 4. Metal bridges (parts of a bridge construction, bearings and shutters, mobile bridges, assembling of bridges). 5. Metal structures in hydraulic engineering (types of weir shutters, structure of shutters, lock chamber gates). 6. Special metal structures (tanks, stacks, silos, high diameter pipelines, towers and masts, structures of technical equipment). 7. Properties of the wood and wood-based materials (mechanical properties of timber material, basic design parameters, requirements of structure conditions). 8. Ultimate states of the timber structures, principles of their design. 9. Basic types of stress of members and parts of timber structures. 10. Connections in timber structures. 11. Plate timber girders, frames and arches. 12. Truss timber structures. 13. Spatial structures – cupolas, domes, shells and gables.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jan Barnat, Ph.D.
Ing. Pavla Bukovská, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Design of members in tension. 2. Design of solid members under compression. 3. Design of built-up members. 4. Design of bending beams. 5. Stability of bending beams. 6. Design of beams made from glued laminated timber.