Course detail
Statics of Building Constructions 1
FA-SC1-KEAcad. year: 2022/2023
The course introduces students to the method of designing load-bearing structures of buildings. The course covers both the structure as a whole and the detailed design of individual elements. An important part of the course is the selection of a suitable structural scheme for a selected building, its readable sketching and optimum loading according to the EC methodology. An integral part of the course is the analysis of the internal forces on the elements and the analysis of the bearing capacity of the selected profiles according to EC.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
– 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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Course curriculum
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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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
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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