Course detail

Expert assessment of buildings’ defects and failures

FAST-DH70Acad. year: 2009/2010

Basis in expert engineering of damages and failures in building structures, constructional particles and details. Basis for passing through this subject is to apply theoretical analysis of selected expertise reports, corrosive and degradation factors, damages and failures of building constructions and their details. Influences and effects on building structures and construction details will be characterized through use of main factor analysis influencing reliability. Other special methods will be used for expert engineering.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Libor Matějka, CSc. Ph.D., MBA

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student copes aim subject, regaining interdisciplinary knowledge from forensic engineering and building structures, learn is application of listed scientific methods during buildings designa

Prerequisites

Acquaintance with civil engineering in range of master’s degree in Building Construction study program. Basics from legislation (building law, civil and business law). Application of special programs in exact evaluation methods (especially from building physics).

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. Current situation overview – problem characteristics, concept definition
2. Building structures reliability
3. Jobs and duties of an expert
4. Basic structure of expert report
5. Advice from expert reports in Czech republic
6. Advice from expert reports abroad
7. Predominant factors influencing damages and failures of selected building constructions
8. Methodology for elaborating expert reports and damages and failures evaluation of building constructions
9. Expert judgment of constructional details
10. Special methods of standardization judgment and evaluation of details
11. General principles for expert judgment of building structures damages and failures
12. Legislation related to expert judgment
13. Basic deficiency of expert reports

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The goal of the subject is to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge from forensic engineering and building structures, enlightenment from analyzed faults and building structure defects. Partial objective is application of listed scientific methods during buildings design for extreme climatic conditions:
a) theoretical analysis
b) induction and deduction
c) confrontation of practical knowledge and experiences
d) theorem and natural relation synthesis
e) construction detail modeling
f) standardization of damages and failures

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

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme D-K-C-SI Doctoral

    branch PST , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme D-P-C-SI Doctoral

    branch PST , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Libor Matějka, CSc. Ph.D., MBA