English

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Department of Engineering (US)

Of all faculties

The aim of the course is to understand what spatial stiffness of buildings is, what elements provide it and how they can be dimensioned. This includes the student's ability to determine the loads according to the relevant EC standards, to correctly place them in the structure and to analyse the distribution of transverse forces in the structure (loading of individual bracing elements including post-processing of details). The aim is to learn how to conceptually correctly approach the analysis of the spatial stiffness of the building structure and how to clearly communicate the results of this analysis to other professions. The aim is also to stimulate creative and critical thinking in the context of discussions over the solutions of the seminar papers.

• The student will understand what spatial stiffness of a building is, what constitutes it and what its specific characteristics are.
• The student will be able to draw the elements that provide spatial stiffness of a building in clear sketches.
• The student will be able to identify the crucial elements that provide spatial stiffness to existing buildings, what their function are and how they can be replaced.
• The student will understand what loads are applied to buildings in the transverse (horizontal) direction and be able to quantify them based on EC standards.
• The student will be able to correctly incorporate the effects of transverse (horizontal) forces into the building structure and describe their transfer from the roof to the foundation.
• The student can find the crucial/decisive details of the building structure. The student can solve these details conceptually and understand how they affect structural design.
• The student can calculate the load bearing capacity of simple elements (compressed and tensioned) from different materials based on the EC methodology.

Seminar work and its theoretical defence is evaluated. Seminar work consist 60 % of whole evaluation, theoretical defence 40 %. The deadlines for submission are determined by the teacher in the form of a written assignment at the beginning of the semester and are binding.
Student must attend 70 % of seminars. During the semester, student continuously completes at least 3 consultations of the seminar work. Replacement of compulsory attendance at semionars is solved individually by prior agreement with the lecturer.

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EN 1990 Eurocode: Basis of structural design (EN)
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)
MARSHAL, Duncan; WORTHING, Derek; HEATH, Roger; DANN, Nigel. Understanding Housing Defects. UK: Estates Gazette, 2013. ISBN: 9780080971124. (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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