Course detail

Water-service concrete structures

FAST-BL04Acad. year: 2009/2010

Types of concrete members and structures of water-service buildings.
Monolithic framed structures. Supporting framed structures of storage tanks for liquids and water towers.
Two-ways slabs – edge and locally supported (flat-slab floor, lifted slabs). Two-way ribbed and cassette plates. Circular plates.
Foundation structures – footings, continuous footings, grid and mat foundations, deep foundations.
Simple and continuous wall beams. Walls with/without stiffening elements. Retaining walls.
Storage structures (bunkers and silos). Storage tanks for liquids, water towers, channels and ducts. Shells, domes and arches
Application of precast structures.
Basic theory of prestressed concrete. Principles of masonry structure design.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures (BZK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

A student gains these knowledge and skills:
• Knowledge of the principles of static solution of concrete structures and constructions.
• Virtue for designing principal types of structures of building construction and civil engineering together with the ability of preparing relevant technical drawings.

Prerequisites

structural mechanics, theory of elasticity, load, design of concrete structures

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Types of concrete members and structures of water-service buildings. Monolithic frame structures, supporting frame structures of tanks and water reservoirs (outline, calculation).
2. Monolithic frame structures, supporting frame structures of tanks and water reservoirs (nodes, redistribution, strain).
3. Foundation structures – footings, continuous footings, grids.
4. Foundation structures – slabs, deep foundations.
5. Two-way slabs – edge supported.
6. Two-way slabs locally supported (flat-slabs, slabs with enlarged column head, lifted slabs). Circular plates.
7. Simple and continuous wall beams. Walls with/without stiffening elements. Retaining walls.
8. Principles of design and reinforcing of storage structures (bunkers and silos). Rectangular and rotary symmetric tanks and water reservoirs.
9. Problems of water-service structures cracking.
10. Water-service structures – troughs, weirs.
11. Water-service structures – channels and ducts.
12. Design and application of shells, domes and arches.
13. Principles of design and application of precast structures. Basic theory of prestressed concrete. Principles of masonry structures design.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To provide students with basic knowledge about concrete structures and constructions design from viewpoint of the static.
To gain ability for design of the principal types of structures of building construction and civil engineering together with preparing relevant technical drawings.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

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

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

JÍLEK, Antonín, GRENČÍK, Ľudovít a NOVÁK, Václav: Betonové konstrukce pozemních staveb, díl II A. Praha: SNTL/ALFA, 1984. (CS)
McCORMAC, Jack C. a BROWN, Russell H.: Design of Reinforced Concrete. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-27927-4. (EN)
NILSON, Artur, DARWIN, David. a DOLAN, Charles: Design of Concrete Structures. New York: McGraf-Hill, 2009. ISBN 978-0073293493. (EN)

Recommended reading

ČÍRTEK, Ladislav: Betonové konstrukce II. Konstrukce prutové a základové. Brno: VUTIUM, 1999. ISBN 80-214-1543-6. (CS)
ŠTĚPÁNEK, Petr a ZMEK, Bohuslav: Prvky betonových konstrukcí. Modul CM4 (část studijní opory v elektronické podobě). Brno: VUT, 2005. (CS)
ZICH, Miloš, KLUSÁČEK, Ladislav, SEČKÁŘ, Milan a LANÍKOVÁ, Ivana: Vodohospodářské betonové konstrukce. Modul CW1 a CW2 (studijní opora v elektronické podobě). Brno: VUT, 2005. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer