Course detail

Buildings for extreme climatic conditions

FAST-DH71Acad. year: 2009/2010

Boundary conditions specific for extreme climatic environment. Basic problematic of building design and judgment for extreme climatic conditions. Relation and association between outdoor and indoor climate. Requirements set on constructions according to indoor climate well-being (thermal, acoustic, light, moisture etc.). External influences on building structure (temperature, wind, rain, snow, solar radiation etc.). Building structure design requirements in extreme climatic conditions (constructional, material, technological, fire-stopping, architectural). Design and evaluation of construction detail – external and roof cladding.

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 independent structural desing in extreme climatic conditions, optimalization construction on the part of incidence outer influences, requirements econimics, functional, technological, aesthetic et al.

Prerequisites

Acquaintance with civil engineering in range of master’s degree in Building Construction study program. Advise to participate in lectures 9H8 possibly 7H1. 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. Reliability and lifespan of building materials and structures
3. Basic corrosive and degradation factors analysis of selected constructions
4. – 8. Climatic zone
a) snow zone
b) backsplashing zone
c) erosion zone
d) cavitation zone
e) biological corrosion zone
f) sedimentation zone
9.- 10. Foundation soil zone
a) over foundation soil zone
b) foundation zone
c) subsoil zone

11. – 12. Detail analysis in critical areas of external cladding
13. Predominant factors influencing reliability of selected details according to degradation and corrosion.

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:
g) theoretical analysis
h) induction and deduction
i) confrontation of practical knowledge and experiences
j) theorem and natural relation synthesis
k) construction detail modeling
l) 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