221-0020/01 – Concrete Bridges (BtM)
Gurantor department | Department of Structures | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Radim Čajka, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Radim Čajka, CSc. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
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:
- design and assessment of concrete bridges;
- fabrication and erection of concrete bridges;
- drawing documentation of concrete bridges.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
1. Progress on design of concrete bridges, calculation methods, design and comparison of methods.
2. Design of concrete elements according to allowable stress theory, bending, combination of compression and bending, shear.
3. Design of concrete bridges according to Eurocode 3, bending, combination of compression and bending, shear, torsion, principles of solution.
4. Interpretation of moving load, influence lines and areas, continuous beams and slabs.
5. Design of bridge substructures, abutments, wing walls, piers, pylons, bearing plate, bridge cross-over structures.
6. Culverts and stone, brick and unreinforced concrete bridges, principles of design.
7. Reinforced concrete slab bridges, principles of static and structural design.
8. Reinforced concrete beam bridges, principles of static and structural design.
9. Static solution and design of prefabricated bridges.
10. Pre-stressed concrete bridges, principles of static and structural design, pre-stressing procedure.
11. Design of bridges and its parts with regards to technology of fabrication, concreting on centring, cantilevered concreting and fabrication.
12. Rreinforced concrete arch, suspension and cable-stayed bridges, foot bridges.
13. Drawing documentation, principles of armouring.
14. Principles of design and static solutions of bridges on undermined and seismic ground.
Compulsory literature:
1. EN 1992-2 Eurocode 2 - Design of concrete structures - Part 2: Concrete bridges – Design and detailing rules, CEN, 2007.
2. EN 1998-2 Eurocode 8 - Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 2: Bridges CEN, 2007.
3. EN 1992-1-1 Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures – Part 1: General rules and rules for buildings. CEN, 2006.
Recommended literature:
1. Troyano L.F.: Bridge Engineering a Global Perspektive. University Press, Cambridge, 2003.
2. Wai-Fah Chen, Lian Duan: Bridge Engeneering Handbook, CRC Press, 1999.
3. Menn,C. Stahlbetonbrücken, Springer-Verlag,Wien,New York,1986.
4. Martin, L. H. – Purkiss, J.A.: Concrete Design to EN 1992, Elsevier 2006.
5. Lohmeyer, C. O. G. – Bergmann, H. – Ebeling, K.: Stahlbetonbau. Bemessung – Konstruktion – Ausfuhrung, 7. Auflage, B. G. Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
tests, semestral project, credit, exam
E-learning
Other requirements
At least 70% attendance in the tutorial. Absence, up to a maximum of 30%, must be excused and accepted by the teacher (the teacher decides the reasonableness of the excuse).
Tasks assigned in tutorial must be hand in within the deadline set by the teacher.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures:
1. Progress on design of concrete bridges, calculation methods, design and comparison of methods.
2. Design of concrete elements according to allowable stress theory, bending, combination of compression and bending, shear.
3. Design of concrete bridges according to Eurocode 3, bending, combination of compression and bending, shear, torsion, principles of solution.
4. Interpretation of moving load, influence lines and areas, continuous beams and slabs.
5. Design of bridge substructures, abutments, wing walls, piers, pylons, bearing plate, bridge cross-over structures.
6. Culverts and stone, brick and unreinforced concrete bridges, principles of design.
7. Reinforced concrete slab bridges, principles of static and structural design.
8. Reinforced concrete beam bridges, principles of static and structural design.
9. Static solution and design of prefabricated bridges.
10. Pre-stressed concrete bridges, principles of static and structural design, pre-stressing procedure.
11. Design of bridges and its parts with regards to technology of fabrication, concreting on centring, cantilevered concreting and fabrication.
12. Rreinforced concrete arch, suspension and cable-stayed bridges, foot bridges.
13. Drawing documentation, principles of armouring.
14. Principles of design and static solutions of bridges on undermined and seismic ground.
Tutorials:
1. Construction of influence lines, basic principles, revision.
2. Influence lines of groups of loads – continuous beams, slung span continuous beams, statically indeterminate beams.
3. Permanent and variable actions, static quantities.
4. Application of influence lines on continuous beam bridge with a several spans.
5. Practical design of reinforced concrete bridges according to Eurocode 3, bending, combination of compression and bending, shear, torsion, basic design principles.
6. Design of reinforced concrete slab bridge, preliminary design of deck and abutment.
7. Stability of abutments, design of wing slabs.
8. Design of foundation structures.
9. Drawing documentation, principles of armouring.
10. Design of pre-stressed beams bridge, transverse interaction of beams.
11. Design reinforced beam bridge, transverse interaction of beams.
12. Design of concrete beams at production, fabrication and operation stadiums.
13. Principles of armouring, reinforcement flow chart.
14. Recapitulation, consultation, credits.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction