221-0309/01 – Timber bridges (DM)
| Gurantor department | Department of Structures | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Antonín Lokaj, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Antonín Lokaj, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student will acquire the following skills and knowledge after completing the subject:
- design and assessment of timber bridge structures,
- manufacture, assembly and diagnostics of wooden bridge structures,
- drawing documentation of timber bridge structures.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
Within this course students will be acquainted with the problems of timber bridge structures: types of timber bridge structures, timber-concrete bridge structures, diagnostics and remediation of bridge structures. The content of tutorials is static design and assessment of selected bridge structures according to valid European standards.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
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. Historical development of designs of timber bridge structures and contemporary structures.
2. Timber as material for the construction of exterior structures.
3. Types of bridge structures.
4. Superstructure of bridge and deck plates, bridge equipment, bearings, bridge deck joints.
5. Bridge structures with element deck plates.
6. Laminated deck plates bridges.
7. Timber – concrete bridge structure.
8. Durability of timber bridge structures.
9. Deteriorations of timber bridges.
10. Diagnostics and remediation of timber brides.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction