Course detail

Building Constructions 3 (S)

FAST-BHA006Acad. year: 2022/2023

The course continues with deepening of fundamental knowledge in the field of building design. It focuses on roofs, describes various types of roofs, applicable materials, principles of design, etc. The course also introduces building envelopew, their types and variants with regard to elimination of heat losses.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Libor Matějka, CSc. Ph.D., MBA

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will be able to make a proposal solution of contructions of roofing, external walls, windows, doors and gateways in external walls, windows in roofs of building

Prerequisites

The students deepen their knowledge of building design. It is assumed that students already have fundamental knowledge of building design on the level of Building Constructions 1, 2.

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. Roofs: General classification of roofs, main structural components, drainage. Materials appliable in individual layers of roofs. Classification of warm flat roofs.
2. Warm flat roofs: Design principles, drainage specifics, material variants, roofing layers.
3. Cold flat roofs: Design principles, drainage specifics, material variants, roofing layers, design of ventilation. Truss girders.
4. Purlin roof trusses: Classification, carpentry joints, design of valleys and gables. Design of monopitch roofs.
5. Modern roof trusses. Composition of roofing above attic spaces.
6. Most common roofing materials: design and application.
7. Tinsmith works and products. Assembly details of flat and pitched roofs.
8. Assembly details of warm and cold flat roofs, pitched roofs, and roof claddings.
9. Assembly details of warm and cold flat roofs, pitched roofs, and roof claddings.
10. Building envelope: Terminology, functions, design principles and boundary conditions.
11. Envelope walls: Design principles of single-leaf sandwich walls with external (or internal) positioning of thermal insulation. Materials and construction processes applied in external thermal insulating composite systems (gluing, anchoring and rendering).
12. Envelope walls: Design principles and materials of single-leaf walls.
13. Lightweight metal-plastic curtain walls: Classification, application, materials and anchoring.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To obtain fundamental knowledge in the field of contructions of roofing, external walls, windows, doors and gateways in external walls, windows in roofs of building, to aquire theoretical and functional relationship, to gain experience and ability for design.

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.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization S , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPA-SI Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme BKC-SI Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.
Ing. Tomáš Petříček, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Roofs: General classification of roofs, main structural components, drainage. Materials appliable in individual layers of roofs. Classification of warm flat roofs. 2. Warm flat roofs: Design principles, drainage specifics, material variants, roofing layers. 3. Cold flat roofs: Design principles, drainage specifics, material variants, roofing layers, design of ventilation. Truss girders. 4. Purlin roof trusses: Classification, carpentry joints, design of valleys and gables. Design of monopitch roofs. 5. Modern roof trusses. Composition of roofing above attic spaces. 6. Most common roofing materials: design and application. 7. Tinsmith works and products. Assembly details of flat and pitched roofs. 8. Assembly details of warm and cold flat roofs, pitched roofs, and roof claddings. 9. Assembly details of warm and cold flat roofs, pitched roofs, and roof claddings. 10. Building envelope: Terminology, functions, design principles and boundary conditions. 11. Envelope walls: Design principles of single-leaf sandwich walls with external (or internal) positioning of thermal insulation. Materials and construction processes applied in external thermal insulating composite systems (gluing, anchoring and rendering). 12. Envelope walls: Design principles and materials of single-leaf walls. 13. Lightweight metal-plastic curtain walls: Classification, application, materials and anchoring.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.
Ing. Lukáš Daněk, Ph.D.
Ing. et Ing. Petr Kacálek, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Karel Šuhajda, Ph.D.
Ing. Radim Smolka, Ph.D.
Ing. et Ing. Jakub Dohnal, Ph.D.
Ing. et Ing. Jan Skupa
Ing. Jan Vystrčil, Ph.D.
Ing. Slávka Pobucká

Syllabus

1. Site plan 2. Consultations, explanation of selected roofing designs 3. Cold flat roof of a single-family house 4. Warm flat roof of a single-family house (purlin truss) 5. Consultations 6. Roof truss of a single-family house: Modern king post truss 7. Roof truss of a single-family house: Collar beam truss (thermal insulation between and above the rafters) 8. Consultations 9. Roof plan drawing: View of the roofing surface 10. Roof truss assembly details 11. Building envelope assembly details 12. Consultations 13. Credit