Course detail

Selected Topics of Structural Mechanics II

FAST-CD55Acad. year: 2009/2010

Static and dynamic effect of the wind effected on civil engineering structures. Introduction to the dynamics of liquids. Laminar and turbulent model of circulation. Basic formulas. CFD Analysis of the structure surroundings and the structure effect. Speed and pressure field. Reducing the dynamic wind effect – dispersers, inhibitor of oscillation. Traffic effect on the bridge structures. Modelling of the carriage travel. The dynamic behaviour of rail top and bottom. Design and evaluation of the foundation under the machines. Measures to suppress the dynamic effects on the surroundings. Seismic load of the constructions – technical and natural seismicity. The structure response to earthquake – the method of the linear response spectra. The deterministic and stochastic methods of the optimalization of the load-carrying civil engineering structures. Modelling of the structure elements from the quasifragile materials. Constitute relations and their identification. FEM applied on the crack expansion simulation in the concrete structures. Microspot models of concrete. Application – modelling experiments and structures. Analysis of the concrete structures reliability – SARA software. Chaos theory in the structural mechanics.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Structural Mechanics (STM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will master the subject targets, it being the knowledge of analysis of dynamic loading of structures – wind, liquids, traffic influence, natural and technical seismicity, next optimization methods of structures, quasibrittle materials modeling, cracks initiation and crack propagation and also chaos theory in structural mechanics. They will apply software for reliability analyses.

Prerequisites

fundamentals of the structure mechanics and the theory of elasticity and plasticity, fundamentals of the finite element method, infinitesimal calculus, matrix algebra, fundamentals of numerical mathematics

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. Static and dynamic effect of the wind effected on civil engineering structures. Introduction to the dynamics of liquids. Laminar and turbulent model of circulation. Basic formulas.
2. CFD Analysis of the structure surroundings and the structure effect.
3. Speed and pressure field. Reducing the dynamic wind effect – dispersers, inhibitor of oscillation.
4. Traffic effect on the bridge structures. Modelling of the carriage travel. The dynamic behaviour of rail top and bottom.
5. Design and evaluation of the foundation under the machines. Measures to suppress the dynamic effects on the surroundings.
6. Seismic load of the constructions – technical and natural seismicity. The structure response to earthquake – the method of the linear response spectra.
7. The deterministic and stochastic methods of the optimalization of the load-carrying civil engineering structures.
8. Modelling of the structure elements from the quasifragile materials. Constitute relations and their identification. FEM applied on the crack expansion simulation in the concrete structures.
9. Microspot models of concrete. Application – modelling experiments and structures. Analysis of the concrete structures reliability – SARA software.
10. Chaos theory in the structural mechanics.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Analysis of dynamic loading of structures – wind, liquids, traffic influence, natural and technical seismicity. Optimization methods of structures. Quasibrittle materials modeling, cracks initiatin and propagation. Software application for reliability analyses. Chaos theory in structural mechanics.

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

Koloušek, V.: Dynamika stavebních konstrukcí I. SNTL Praha, 1967. (CS)
Baťa, M., Plachý, V.: Vyšetřování dynamických účinků na stavební konstrukce. SNTL Praha, 1978. (CS)
Z. P. Bažant, J. Planas: Fracture and size effect of concrete structures. CRC Boca Raton, Florida, London, 1998. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme N-P-E-CE Master's

    branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, obligation not entered

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hours, obligation not entered

Teacher / Lecturer