Course detail

Selected Problems of Design and Realization of Metal and Timber Structures

FAST-BOB013Acad. year: 2025/2026

Composite steel-concrete structural members and components – principles of structural configuration, bases of structural design.
Composite steel-concrete beams – ultimate limit states, serviceability limit states of composite steel-concrete beams.
Composite steel-concrete beams – basis of design of shear connection.
Composite steel-concrete columns – basis of structural design of composite steel-concrete columns.
Glued laminated timber structures. Design principles, basic calculation, applications.
Assembly connections of timber structures with metal timber fasteners. Design principles, basic calculation.
Reinforcing of elements and connections of timber structures.
Design of timber structures – structural fire design. Behaviour of timber elements and connections during the fire, rules for analysis of structural members, basic design calculation.
Design of connections of timber structures – structural fire design, basic design calculation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Michal Štrba, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Metal and Timber Structures (KDK)

Entry knowledge

Metal structures - design of members and connections of steel structures. Timber structures - design of members and connections of timber structures. Concrete structures - basis of design of members of concrete 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 special topics of design and realization of metal and timber structures, concretized in the course schedule.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČSN EN 1995-1-1 Eurokód 5: Navrhování drřevěných konstrukcí – Část 1-1: Obecná pravidla – Společná pravidla a pravidla pro pozemní stavby. Praha: ČNI, 2006. (CS)
ĎURICOVÁ, A. a ROVŇÁK, M. Navrhovanie oceľovo-betónových konštrukcií. Bratislava: Veda, 2008. ISBN 978-80-224-1022-9. (SK)
ESDEP – European Steel Design Education Programme. Vol. 13, WG 10: Composite Construction I. Ascot: SCI, 1993. (EN)
ESDEP – European Steel Design Education Programme. Vol. 14, WG 10: Composite Construction II. Ascot: SCI, 1993. (EN)
KERMANI, A. and PORTEOUS, J. Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2013. ISBN 978-0-470-67500-7. (EN)
KOLB, J. Dřevostavby. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2275-7. (CS)
KUKLÍK, P. a KUKLÍKOVÁ, A. Navrhování dřevěných konstrukcí. Praha: Informační centrum ČKAIT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87093-88-7. (CS)
KUKLÍK, P. Dřevěné konstrukce. Praha: Informační centrum ČKAIT, 2005. ISBN 80-86769-72-0. (CS)
LARSEN, H. and ENJILY, V. Practical Design of Timber Structures to Eurocode 5. London: Thomas Telford, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7277-3609-3. (EN)
STUDNIČKA, J. Ocelobetonové spřažené konstrukce. Praha: ČVUT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-01-04298-4. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization K , 4 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Michal Štrba, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Composite steel-concrete structural systems - basic principles of behaviour, load, material, design standards.
  • 2. Steel-concrete beams – ultimate limit state, serviceability limit state (basic principles of design).
  • 3. Steel-concrete beams – shear connection (types, basic principles of design).
  • 4. Steel-concrete columns – basic principles of design and structural detailing.
  • 5. Steel-concrete structural members – basic principles of fire design.
  • 6. Timber beams – types, basis of design, static analysis.
  • 7. Glue laminated timber structures – design principles, static design, basic structural compositions.
  • 8. Assembly connections of timber structures with metal timber fasteners – design principles, basic calculation.
  • 9. Design of timber structures – structural fire design. Behaviour of timber elements during the fire.
  • 10. Design of timber structures – rules for analysis of structural members, basic design calculation; behaviour of connections of timber elements during the fire, basic design calculation.
  • 11. Practical application of steel-concrete structural members and components; practical application of timber structural members and parts; examples of realized constructions.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Michal Štrba, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Steel-concrete composite structural members – overview, basic principles, cross-sections, materials.
  • 2. Steel-concrete composite beams: basis of design – ultimate and serviceability limit states.
  • 3. Steel-concrete composite beams: basis of design – shear connection.
  • 4. Steel-concrete composite columns: basis of design – pure compression, buckling compression.
  • 5. Steel-concrete composite structural members: principles of fire resistance evaluation.
  • 6. Timber beams – static analysis.
  • 7. Glue laminated timber structures – static analysis.
  • 8. Assembly connections of timber structures with metal timber fasteners – design principles.
  • 9.–10. Design of timber structures to fire effects.
  • 11. Practical applications and examples of steel-concrete and timber structural members and parts.