Course detail

Members of Concrete Structures

FAST-BL001Acad. year: 2024/2025

Concrete members. Structural characteristic of concrete. Concrete reinforcement and its bond with concrete. Basic principles of design. Design condition of structural materials and the structure itself. Concrete structures durability.
Desing of reinforced concrete members stressed by of bending moment and shear force - ultimate and serviceability limit states, structural principles. Design of reinforced concrete members stressed by combination of axial force and bending moments. Principles of dimensioning for different stresses. Dimensioning of members from plain and low reinforced concrete.
Simple concrete members – one way reinforced slabs, beams, girders, lintels, cantilever structures, columns and stairs.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. RNDr. Ing. Petr Štěpánek, CSc., dr. h. c.

Department

Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures (BZK)

Entry knowledge

technical mathematics, technical physics, structural mechanics, theory of elasticity, loads, basic principles of structures design

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

To teach the students to the principles of reinforced concrete cross-section dimensioning at the principal stresses.
To gain ability for design of reinforced concrete members and simple structures together with preparing relevant technical drawings.
A student gains these knowledge and skills:
• Knowledge of the principles of reinforced concrete cross-section dimensioning for general stresses.
• Virtue for designing reinforced concrete members and simple structures together with the ability of preparing relevant technical drawings.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

PROCHÁZKA, Jiří, Petr ŠTĚPÁNEK, Jiří KRÁTKÝ, Alena KOHOUTKOVÁ a Jitka VAŠKOVÁ. Navrhování betonových konstrukcí - Prvky z prostého a železového betonu. Praha: ČBS servis, 2009. ISBN 978-80-903807-5-2 (CS)
TERZIJSKI, Ivailo, ŠTĚPÁNEK, Petr, ČÍRTEK, Ladislav, ZMEK, Bohuslav a PANÁČEK, Josef. Prvky betonových konstrukcí. Modul CM1 až CM5. Studijní opory. Brno: FAST VUT, 2007.  (CS)

Recommended reading

DARVIN, David, Charles W. DOLAN and Artur H. NILSON. Design of Concrete Structures. New York: McGraf-Hill, 2016. ISBN 978-0-07-339794-8 (EN)
MOSLEY, Bill, BUNGEY, John a HULSE, Ray. Reinforced Concrete Design to Eurocode 2. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. ISBN 978-0-230-30285-3 (EN)
PROCHÁZKA, Jaroslav a ŠTEMBERK, Petr. Concrete Structures 1. Praha: ČVUT, 2007. ISBN 978-80-01-03607-5 (EN)
WIGHT, James G. Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design. New Jersey: Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2015. ISBN 978-0133485967 (EN)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. RNDr. Ing. Petr Štěpánek, CSc., dr. h. c.

Syllabus

1. Concrete members. Components of concrete. Structural properties of concrete – influencing factors. 2. Types of concrete and reinforcement – their interaction. Theory of concrete structures calculation – load, requirements, action conditions, durability. Ultimate limit states – principle of calculation. 3. Bended members. Dimensioning of sections stressed by bending moment – general and simple method. 4. Dimensioning of sections stressed by bending moment – rectangular sections, common sections, sections stressed by bending moment in incline plane. 5.- 6. Dimensioning of sections stressed by shearing force. 7. Arrangement of reinforcement in a girder – structural principles. Reinforcement of bended structural members. 8. Principles of design and reinforcing – stairs. 9.-10. Dimensioning of sections stressed by bending moment and normal force. 11. Dimensioning of sections for different stresses. Dimensioning of members from plain and low reinforced concrete. 12. Design of members stressed by bending moment according to limit state of serviceability. Volume changes of concrete.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. RNDr. Ing. Petr Štěpánek, CSc., dr. h. c.

Syllabus

1. Load and its calculation, combination and effects. Idealisation of basic structural members. Design of cast-in-place reinforced concrete structure – project: Defined task, preliminary design of dimensions, analyse of structural solution and static system, scheme of shape of structure. 2. Basic materials of reinforced concrete, interaction of concrete and reinforcement, durability of concrete members. 3. Bended members, design and assessment of the slabs: single supported floor slab – load, action of forces, dimensioning for bend and shear, transverse reinforcement, anchorage of reinforcement, modification of reinforcement in the areas of partial fixation, scheme of reinforcement. 4. Design and assessment of slabs: continuous floor slab – load, action of forces (redistribution of forces), dimensioning for bend, scheme of reinforcement. 5. Design and assessment of flat floor beam - load, action of forces, dimensioning for bend (T-section, comparison with rectangular cross-section). 6. Framed member of general cross-section stressed by bend – general method, application on cantilever beam (example). 7. Correction. 8. Slab floor girder – dimensioning for shear, axial shear, curtailment of reinforcement. 9. Design and assessment of a lintel - load, action of forces, dimensioning for bend, shear, direct and indirect bedding of girder, scheme of reinforcement. Reinforcement of rings. Drawings of reinforcement of calculated members. 10. Vertical framed concrete structures: RC column stressed by eccentric pressure – load, action of forces, verification of load-bearing capacity via interactive diagram (example). 11. Correction. 12. Project submission. Credit.