Course detail

Construction Machines

FAST-BW056Acad. year: 2024/2025

Mechanisation of construction processes. Partial and comprehensive mechanisation. Degrees of mechanisation. Performance of construction machinery. Performance of sets of machines. Control and driving of construction machinery. Mechanisation of groundwork. Technologies used in groundwork. Drilling of rocks and drilling technologies. Machines for manufacturing, transporting and processing concrete mixtures. Machines for building and altering transport and utility infrastructure. Transport and handling. Mechanisation of demolition work. Recycling of materials. Finishing work. Harvesting and processing of timber. Safety at work, ecology.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Martin Mohapl, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management (TST)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge technology of construction processes, occupational safety in civil engineering.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

·Providing the students with complete overview of function, principle and application of machinery and equipment in production of building materials. Individual machines from rocks mining, transportation, treatment, homogenisation up to transportation of raw materials into the plant itself are described. The subject deals with all machines for raw material processing in the production of mortars, raw ceramics, light building materials, concrete goods. The stress is laid on automation and robotics application in production of building materials.
The students will master the objective of the course, i.e. mechanization and automation in building industry, machines and equipment for earthworks, for transportation and assembly, concreting and masonry works and engineering works.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Martin Mohapl, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the subject. Mechanisation of construction work, basic structural elements. 2. Presentation of the relationships between the work done by construction machines from the point of view of technical procedures. 3. Production and conveyance of energy 4. Groundwork and work with rocks 5. Production, transportation and processing of fresh concrete 6. Vertical transportation and handling 7. Horizontal transportation and handling 8. Finishing work 9. Utility and transportation infrastructure 10. Demolition, recycling 11. Harvesting and processing of wood, safety at work, ecology

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Martin Mohapl, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1:Acquainting students with the subject and requirements. Individual assignment of machin 2:Assignment of task 1 – Dozers performance, consultations. 3:Assignment of task 2 – Loaders performance, consultations. 4:Assignment of task 3 – Excavators performance, consultations. 5:Assignment of task 4 – Machinery set design for earthworks, consultations. 6:Excursion – Machines for earthworks. 7:Assignment of task 5 – Machinery set design for removal of materials, consultations. 8:Consultations. 9:Excursion – Machines for vertical transfer 10:Final consultation of machine set design for the assigned technological stage. 11:Test, submission of assignments.