Course detail

Metal Bridges 2 (DST)

FAST-CO003Acad. year: 2024/2025

Steel-concrete composite bridges - basis of static and structural design.
Box girder bridges - basis of design, specialties of box girder bridges.
Arch bridges and frame bridges - types of arch and frame bridges, basis of static and structural design.
Skewed bridges and curved bridges - basis of design, specialties of curved and skewed bridges.
Suspension bridges and cable-stayed bridges - general principles of static behaviour, basis of design.
Steel and steel-concrete composite bridge supports - basic principles of static and structural design.
Manufacture and erection of metal bridges - basic methods and procedures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Marcela Karmazínová, CSc.

Department

Institute of Metal and Timber Structures (KDK)

Entry knowledge

Design of members, components and connections of steel structures. Metal bridges, web-plated and truss bridges. Design of members and components of concrete structures. Static design of truss structures and arches including influence lines. Basis of design of suspension and cable-stayed structures.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of this course and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.
Student will learn the problems of the course and will get under controll the course aims, within the meaning of obtaining knowledge and skills in the field of design of more complicated structural systems of metal and steel-concrete bridges, concretized in the course schedule.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

FALTUS, F. Ocelové mosty příhradové, obloukové a visuté, Academia Praha, 1971. (CS)
Johnson, R.P., Bucky, R.J. Composite Structures of Steel and Concrete – Vol. 2.: Bridges, COLLINS: London 1986. (EN)
Kvočák, V., Vičan, J. a kol. Navrhovanie oceľových mostov podľa európskych noriem, TU v Košiciach, 2013, 356 s. ISBN 978-80-553-1614-7. (SK)
Pechar, J., Bureš, J., Schindler, A. Kovové mosty, SNTL Praha, 1990, 528 s. ISBN 80-03-00523-X. (CS)
Schindler, A., Bureš, J., Pechar, J. Navrhování ocelových mostů, SNTL/ALFA Praha, 1980, 488 s. (CS)

Recommended reading

Aktuálně platné normativní dokumenty související s obsahem předmětu. (CS)
Manual of Bridge Engineering, edited by M.J. Ryall, G.A.R. Parke and J.E. Harding, Thomas Telford Ltd., London 2000, 1012 pp. ISBN 0 7277 2774 5. (EN)
Pechal, A. Mosty - Bridges, A. Pechal: Brno 2009, 270 s. ISBN 978-80-254-5279-0. (CS)
Troitsky, M. S. Planning and Design of Bridges, John Willey and Sons, London 1994. (EN)
Wai-Fah Chen, Lian Duan, Bridge Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, 1999. (EN)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Marcela Karmazínová, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Steel-concrete composite bridges - loading actions, the beams in the elastic behaviour (basis of design). 2. Steel-concrete composite bridges - the beams in the plastic bahaviour, shear connections (basis of design). 3. Box girder bridges - specific properties of box girder bridges, the principles of static design, torsion of box girder bridges. 4. Skewed bridges and curved bridges - basis of design. 5. Arch bridges - types of arch bridges, structural composition, basic principles of static and structural design. 6. Arched bridges - specialties of the static design, frame bridges - basic principles. 7. Suspension bridges - basic principles of static and structural design. 8. Cable-stayed bridges - basic principles of static and structural design. 9. Steel and steel-concrete composite bridge supports - types, structural and static design. 10. Manufacture and erection of metal bridges. Examples of realized metal bridges.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Marcela Karmazínová, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Individual task of a project, basic information and requirements for an elaboration. 2. Structural composition of steel bridge with truss main girders (in dependence on the individual task). 3.-5. Static design of the bridge deck (in dependence on the individual task). 6.-9. Static design of main girders (in dependence on the individual task). 10.-11. Static design of bridge bracings (in dependence on the individual task). 12.-13. Structural detailing of selected bridge members or parts, elaboration of drawing documentation, project completion.