Course detail

Building Elements 1

FA-PS1-KAcad. year: 2022/2023

To understand a building as a part of general space with the hierarchy of systems and systems of structures. Structure of buildings with simple structural systems, their interconnections and principles of use. Transfer of general experience to the system of building elements and the main structures. Analysis of existing structures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Stanislav Mikeš

Department

Department of Engineering (US)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will practice application of specific structural solutions on a simple building.
Students will know how to use the principles of wall structures from various materials.
Students will know the principles of horizontal structures from various materials.
Students will know how to design vertical communication from various materials and structural systems.
Students will know the principles on how to build a building on flat foundations.
Students will know how to design effective protection from ground dampness and radon penetration from the subsoil.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical principles of structures and material solutions in the context of the whole building are presented in lectures. This knowledge is further developed in the seminars and when working on individual assignments performed on a small building. The assignments are consulted in group consultations in the seminars.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit test will be awarded upon completing the compulsory attendance, submission of all assignments and sitting two tests where the minimum pass score is 15 out of 30 marks. The dates of submission and the tests are announced by the teacher in a written requirements document at the beginning of the semester and are obligatory.
To successfully complete the course, students must pass the oral exam which comprises a theoretical and a practical part (drawings).
The final evaluation uses ECTS grading scale.

Course curriculum

Introduction to building design, basic terminology, fundamental legislation and standards
Load bearing wall structures, material variants
Load bearing wall structures, design principles, providing stability
Vaulting, lintels, bond beams
Vertical communication I - terminology, materials and structural variants
Vertical communication II - ramps, lifts
Horizontal load bearing structures - monolithic
Horizontal load bearing structures - prefabricated
Cantilevered and receding structures, classification, design principles, material options
Chimneys and air vents
Shallow foundations I- terminology, design principles
Shallow foundations II
Protection of buildings against ground dampness and radon

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to understand the structural system in buildings. To know the relation between the load bearing structure and layout design, and the boundary conditions of forces imposed on the building structure.
To learn the principles of how to design various structural systems, vertical and horizontal load bearing structures, ways of designing vertical communication, cantilevered and recessing structures and the foundation.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Compulsory attendance with two excused absences, more absences may be compensated upon agreement with the teacher in another seminar, or could be excused in case of serious health problems.
Lectures are not compulsory.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the subject guarantor, personal attendance may be substituted with online attendance in the classes.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

e-learning autora (CS)

Recommended reading

ČSN – řady 01 a 73 (CS)
HÁJEK, P. Konstrukce pozemních staveb 10. Nosné konstrukce I.. ČVUT Praha, 2002. ISBN 978-80-7402-074- 2. (CS) (CS)
MATOUŠKOVÁ, Dagmar. Pozemní stavitelství. [Díl] 1. Ostrava: VŠB-Technická univerzita, 1997. ISBN 80-7078-503-9. Dostupné také z: http://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/mzk/uuid/uuid:a84d9120-e5c2-11e5-bdc9-005056827e52 (CS)
MICHÁLEK, Josef a Roman MIZERA. Úvod do pozemního stavitelství. Praha: Bankovní institut vysoká škola, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7265-142-9. (CS)
PROCHÁZKA, Jaroslav a Jiří ŠMEJKAL. Betonové stropní a schodišťové konstrukce. V Praze: České vysoké učení technické, 2017. ISBN 978-80-01-06323-1. (CS)
SEDLÁČKOVÁ, Marie a Jarmila KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ. Pozemní stavitelství: kreslení stavebních konstrukcí a výkresů pozemních staveb. Brno: PC-DIR, 1995. Učební texty vysokých škol. ISBN 80-214-0738-7 (CS)

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

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