221-0004 – Masonry structures (ZdK)
| Gurantor department | Department of Structures |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Radim Čajka, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
After completing this subject, students will be able to understand and apply the following skills and topic areas:
- the basic knowledge needed for design and assessment of masonry structures according to European standards;
- damages of masonry structures, rehabilitation of masonry structures.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
1. Statical analysis of masonry structures: introduction, design codes.
2. Computational models of masonry structures.
3. Simplified computational model.
4. Compression.
5. Shear, bending, stability.
6. Shear wall. Out-of-plane loads.
7. Deformations.
8. Design recommendations.
9. Masonry arcs.
10. Slabs.
11. Reinforced masonry.
12. Bridges and engineering structures.
13. Damages.
14. Rehabilitation of masonry structures.
Compulsory literature:
1. EN 1996-1-1 Eurocode 6: Design of masonry structures - Part 1-1: General rules for reinforced and unreinforced masonry structures. CEN, Brussels.
Recommended literature:
1. Gartner, O.Hendry, A.W., Sinha B. P., Davies, S.R:. Design of Masonry Structures, E and F Spon, London, 2007.
2. Amrhein, J. E.: Reinforced Masonry Handbook, 4th Ed., Masonry Institute of America, Los Angeles, CA 1983.
3. Noland, J. L., Atkinson, R. H., Kingsley, G. R., Schuller, M. P.: Nondestructive Evaluation of MasonryStructures, Report to the National Science Foundation, January, 1991.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.