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Institute of Structural Mechanics (STM)

Students will master the subject targets, it being the knowledge of the static analysis of cable-stayed and suspension cable structures, a analysis of textile membrane structures, next foundation structures modeling, interaction effects of structures, wave propagation in soils. They will also gain information on practical aspects of modeling of real structures.

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

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

1.Modelling of the cable-stayed bridge-type structures. The principle of the static solution of the basic load carrying members.
2.The application of the force method, stiffening girder as a continuous beam on the elastic supports.
3.Cable suspended roof-type and bridge-type systems. The analysis model, static solution by the force method.
4.The membrane textile structures, analysis based upon the shell theory.
5.The modelling of the foundation structures. The reduction of the model dimension, the purpose and the consequences, the reduction of the computed domain.
6.The material constants in the soil mechanics – the constitutive laws.
7.The application of the finite element method on the problems connected with the interaction of the structure and the underlying soil. The analysis models.
8.Interaction of the structure and the soil massive, interaction of the structure with the neighbouring structures. Distribution of the waves in the soil massive.
9.Practical experiences in the modelling of the structures. Modelling of the stiffeners, column supports, boundary effects on plate models.
10.Singularities in the computation models and their suppression.
11.The effect of the mesh density. The selection of the element. The effect of the dimension. Inclusion of the boundary conditions.
12.The modelling of the bridge-type box girders with long crossbeams – spatial vs. bar models.
13.Boundary element method (BEM). The principle of the method, advantages and disadvantages of the BEM. The applications of the BEM on the selected elasticity problems.

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Static analysis of cable-stayed and suspension cable structures. Analysis of textile membrane structures. Foundation structures modeling, interaction effects of structures, Waves propagation in soils. Practical aspects of modeling of real structures.

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

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Bittnar, Z., Šejnoha, J.: Numerical Methods in Structural Mechanics. Published by ASCE Press, 1996. (EN)
Kadlčák, J.: Statics of Suspension Cable Roofs. A. A. Balkema, 1995. (EN)
Kolář, V., Němec, I., Kanický, V.: FEM Principy a praxe metody konečných prvků. Computer Press, 1997. (CS)
Servít, R., Doležalová, E., Crha, M.: Teorie pružnosti a plasticity I. SNTL/ALFA Praha, 1981. (CS)

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