Course detail
Concrete bridges 1
FAST-BL012Acad. year: 2022/2023
Importance and development of bridge engineering. Materials for the construction of bridges. Materials properties. Specifications for designing of bridges. General features of design. Loads.
Stone bridges, brick bridges. Bridges from plain concrete. Culverts. Slab bridges - skew, tapered and curved decks. Integral bridges. Slab bridges assembled from precast members. Principles of general types of girder bridges design.
Bridge accessories. Expansion joints, bearings and equipment. Substructure bridges, construction work behind abutment.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures (BZK)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
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.
• 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.
Prerequisites
design of road and bridges, design of concrete structures, prestressed concrete
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. Introduction. Development of bridge engineering. Basic definitions. Type of bridges. Essential parts of bridges. Spatial arrangement.
2. Loads. Materials for bridges construction and their properties. Specifications for design of bridges and load-bearing structures.
3. Stone, masonry and plain concrete bridges. Culverts – types, loading, dimensioning.
4. Slab bridges – structural arrangement, static action.
5. Vertical, skew and irregular slabs. Accurate and approximate methods of slab calculation. Expansion action.
6. Slabs from prestressed concrete assembled from precast members – reinforcement, prestressing, calculation methods.
7. Principles of general types of cast in place girder bridges design.
8. Principles of design of general types of girder bridges from precast members.
9. Accessories of road and railway bridges. Waterproofing. Pavements and cornices. Railings and safety barriers.
10. Expansion joinst. Drainage. Steel, concrete, elastomer and combined bearings.
11. Substructure – abutments, wing walls and intermediate supports. Waterproofing and wearing surface. Support threshold. Construction work behind abutment.
2. Loads. Materials for bridges construction and their properties. Specifications for design of bridges and load-bearing structures.
3. Stone, masonry and plain concrete bridges. Culverts – types, loading, dimensioning.
4. Slab bridges – structural arrangement, static action.
5. Vertical, skew and irregular slabs. Accurate and approximate methods of slab calculation. Expansion action.
6. Slabs from prestressed concrete assembled from precast members – reinforcement, prestressing, calculation methods.
7. Principles of general types of cast in place girder bridges design.
8. Principles of design of general types of girder bridges from precast members.
9. Accessories of road and railway bridges. Waterproofing. Pavements and cornices. Railings and safety barriers.
10. Expansion joinst. Drainage. Steel, concrete, elastomer and combined bearings.
11. Substructure – abutments, wing walls and intermediate supports. Waterproofing and wearing surface. Support threshold. Construction work behind abutment.
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
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.
To learn designing of essential types of concrete slab and framed bridges.
To gain knowledge and skill in designing of bridge accessories.
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
MENN, Christian. Prestressed Concrete Bridges. Birkhäuser Verlag, 1991. ISBN 0817624147. (EN)
NEČAS, Radim, KOLÁČEK, Jan, PANÁČEK, Josef. Betonové mosty I. Zásady navrhování (studijní opora, ESF). Brno: VUT, 2014. ISBN 978-80-01-04661-6 (CS)
SEČKÁŘ, Milan. Betonové mosty I. Brno: VUT, 1998. ISBN 80-214-1306-9. (CS)
NEČAS, Radim, KOLÁČEK, Jan, PANÁČEK, Josef. Betonové mosty I. Zásady navrhování (studijní opora, ESF). Brno: VUT, 2014. ISBN 978-80-01-04661-6 (CS)
SEČKÁŘ, Milan. Betonové mosty I. Brno: VUT, 1998. ISBN 80-214-1306-9. (CS)
Recommended reading
Elektronické studijní opory FAST VUTStráský Jiří, Nečas Radim. Základní principy navrhování. 109 stran, 2007; Klusáček Ladislav. Nosné konstrukce mostů. 34 stran, 2007; Panáček Josef. Spodní stavba a příslušenství mostních objektů. 82 stran, 2007 (CS)
HEWSON, Nigel R. Prestressed Concrete Bridges: Design and Construction. London: Thomas Telford Publishing, 2003. ISBN 978-0727732231. (EN)
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)
ŠAFÁŘ, Roman, KUKAŇ, Vlastimil, DRAHORÁD, Michal, FOGLAR, Marek. Betonové mosty 1. Přednášky. Praha: ČVUT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-01-04661-6. (CS)
HEWSON, Nigel R. Prestressed Concrete Bridges: Design and Construction. London: Thomas Telford Publishing, 2003. ISBN 978-0727732231. (EN)
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)
ŠAFÁŘ, Roman, KUKAŇ, Vlastimil, DRAHORÁD, Michal, FOGLAR, Marek. Betonové mosty 1. Přednášky. Praha: ČVUT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-01-04661-6. (CS)
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction. Development of bridge engineering. Basic definitions. Type of bridges. Essential parts of bridges. Spatial arrangement.
2. Loads. Materials for bridges construction and their properties. Specifications for design of bridges and load-bearing structures.
3. Stone, masonry and plain concrete bridges. Culverts – types, loading, dimensioning.
4. Slab bridges – structural arrangement, static action.
5. Vertical, skew and irregular slabs. Accurate and approximate methods of slab calculation. Expansion action.
6. Slabs from prestressed concrete assembled from precast members – reinforcement, prestressing, calculation methods.
7. Principles of general types of cast in place girder bridges design.
8. Principles of design of general types of girder bridges from precast members.
9. Accessories of road and railway bridges. Waterproofing. Pavements and cornices. Railings and safety barriers.
10. Expansion joinst. Drainage. Steel, concrete, elastomer and combined bearings.
11. Substructure – abutments, wing walls and intermediate supports. Waterproofing and wearing surface. Support threshold. Construction work behind abutment.
Exercise
26 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Reinforced concrete bridge: Design and review of load-bearing structure of a slab bridge, design of bridge, space arrangement, embedding into terrain, superstructure, supporting and equipment.
2. Load (permanent and variable load – vertical moving load), calculation of internal forces using simplified method (method of interaction width), combination of internal forces.
3. Dimensioning for ultimate limit state – material, covering and reinforcement design, analysis of bend and shear, design of transverse reinforcement, anchorage of reinforcement.
4. Evaluation for serviceability limit state – stress and cracks limitation, displacement limitation.
5. Drawings of layout and arrangement of reinforcement.
6. Bridge substructure: Design and checking of support – load-bearing capacity, stability, cantilever wing.
7. Bridge saet (bearing chair), breast wall.
8. Structural members enabling expansion of load-bearing bridge structure. Calculation of expansions, design of members, adjustment of members for different temperatures.
9. Bridge from longitudinal prestressed segments. Design, load, transversal interaction of girders, internal forces, dimensioning and reinforcing principles.
10. Final correction.
11. Design submission. Credit.