Course detail

Building Constructions 3 (S)

FAST-BHA006Acad. year: 2024/2025

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

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

Entry knowledge

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.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

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.
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

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.
Ing. Jan Vystrčil, 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. et Ing. Petr Kacálek, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Karel Šuhajda, Ph.D.
Ing. Radim Smolka, Ph.D.
Ing. Jan Vystrčil, Ph.D.

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

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Building Constructions 3 (S)

Type of course unit