Course: Steel Structures 2

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Course title Steel Structures 2
Course code KME/OC2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Kesl Petr, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1st week: Process for the design of structures, designed lifetime, design situation, principles for design with regard to reliability, resistance of the structure, ultimate limit state and serviceability limit state, materials for steel structures, corrosion. Production of steel structures. 2.-3.nd week: Designing steel elements with regard to the standard ČSN EN 1993, classification of sections. Tension, compression, stability of the ideal beam, local stability, effective length. 4.-5.rd week: Definition for planar buckling, effective length for torsion, effective lengths for the different members, systems of members and frames 2D, 3D. Second order theory, buckling resistance, bearing capacity of compressed members, articulated members. 6th week: 3D-Bending, bearing capacity during bending, bi-axial bending, stability in bending, economic design, deflection and oscillation of members, buckling of walls and local loads. Bend spatial structure, deflection and vibration of beams 7th week: The combination of tension and bending, compression and bending, bending and torsion, for structures with large spans both 2D, 3D, SBRA method 8th week: Joints, welded joints, screw joints, bolted joints, rivet joints, distribution of forces in the connection points. Steel-concrete structures as defined by the standard ČSN EN 1994. Materials, interaction between the materials, bonding elements, principles for design. 9th week: Limit states for the design, beams, classification of sections, bearing capacity of the section, stability, shear connection, structural details. Centric compression, bending, compression and bending, serviceability limit state, metallic-concrete slabs. 10th week: Thin cold-rolled structures, material, production, reinforcing the material, local buckling, main types of sollicitation, tension, compression, bending, shear, combination of effects, joints, thin elements. 11th week: Corrosion of steel structures, production of steel structures, documents of the supplier. Typical steel structures ? halls and their design, method SBRA. 12th week: Calculation of fire resistance of steel and steel-concrete structures, mechanical loads during fire, principles for design. 13th week: Transmission of heat in the structure, analysis of elements and joints. Single cases for steel elements during fire ? beam, beam with loss of stability, column of a tall building, connection between the beam and the column.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Practicum
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
know the basic concepts, assumptions, laws and methodology of solving problems of statics and elastostatics
characterize composite planar beam and lattice systems
characterize the causal functions of reactions and internal forces of planar systems
determine deformations and causal lines of statically indeterminate structures
characterize natural and forced oscillations
Skills
solve planar polygons and chains
solve beams and gratings
introduce the principle of virtual displacements in FEM
analyze structures with sliding joints
address the impact of relocation of structural supports
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
to design a load-bearing steel structure and solve its economy
solve ceiling structures and columns
solve vertical and horizontal stiffeners
determine the load and solve the statics of tall buildings and vibration damping
to solve the spatial rigidity of the hall structure
Skills
determine the layout and load of the steel structure of a two-story building
solve connections of ceiling beams
solve footings and anchoring columns
design cross-sections of stiffener elements
to design a spatially rigid system of multi-storey buildings
Competences
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N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Practicum
Skills
Lecture
Practicum
Competences
Lecture
Practicum
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Seminar work
Written exam
Skills
Oral exam
Seminar work
Competences
Oral exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • ČSN EN 1991 - Zatížení stavebních konstrukcí..
  • ČSN EN 1993 - Navrhování ocelových konstrukcí..
  • ČSN EN 1994 - Navrhování ocelo -.betonových konstrukcí..
  • Koukal J. a kol. Svařování ocelových konstrukcí. Česká asociace ocelových konstrukcí, 2010. ISBN 978-80-904535-4-8.
  • Macháček Josf. a kolektiv. Ocelové konstrukce 20 ?patrové budovy. ČVUT Praha.
  • Marek Pavel a kolektiv. Simulation-Based Reliability Assessment for Structural Engineers. CRC Press, Inc., 1996.
  • Pilgr. Kovové konstrukce, Navrhování prvků ocelových konstrukcí. CERN, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7623-0187.
  • Studnička J. Ocelové a ocelo-betonové konstrukce.. ČKAIT TK9 Praha, 2000.
  • Wald Fr. a kolektiv. Výpočet požární odolnosti stavebních konstrukcí.. ČVUT Praha, 2005.
  • Wald Fr., Macháček J. a kol. Základy navrhování ocelových konstrukcí podle ČSN EN1993-1-1 a ČSN EN 1993-1- 8. ČAOK, 2010. ISBN 978-80-904535-0-0.


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