Course: Metal Bridges I

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Course title Metal Bridges I
Course code KDS/PKM1K
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Frontz Tomáš, Ing.
  • Řoutil Ladislav, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Culek Bohumil, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- Material, fabrication, connections, standards. - Applied stability, stable and unstable elastic equilibrium, general criteria for elastic stability, elastic instability modes, buckling of real structural elements. - Elements, methods of analysis of steel structures, cross-section classification, local buckling, tension members, columns, buckling lengths, frames. - Plate behavior and design, unstiffened plates, stiffened plates, plate girder behavior and design, box girders. - Thin walled construction, thin-walled members, thin walled columns and beams, sheeting. - Fatigue, fatigue strength, assessment of fatigue life, fracture mechanics. - Design and behavior of tubular structures.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim is to teach students basic knowledge of steel structures (bridges).
After graduation are students able to design simple steel structures (girders, cantilevers) including connections on basis of Eurocodes. Students are able to work as building inspector, design engineer or in other areas connected to steel structures.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of "Strength of materials II" and "Mechanics II" is demanded.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Exam from object (form, content, continuation) is fixed term conformable with educational and examination order.
Recommended literature
  • Eurocode 3 : EN 1993-1-1.
  • Machek V., Sodomka J.: Struktury kovových materiálů, ČVÚT, Praha 2006..
  • Pechar J., Bureš J., Schindler A.: Kovové mosty, SNTL Praha, Praha 1990..
  • Studnička : Ocelové konstrukce 10, ČVÚT, Praha 1998..
  • Šertler H., Tomice V., Vičan J.: Kovové konštrukcie, VŠD Žilina, Žilina 1994..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Infrastructure (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter