228-0238/01 – Computational models of structures (VMK)
Gurantor department | Department of Structural Mechanics | Credits | 3 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Ivan Kološ, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Ivan Kološ, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 4 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Assessment of the type of structure. Decision about the method of analysis. Comparison of different variants of computational models and selection of the optimal one. Prediction of results. Identification of weaknesses. Detection of errors. Evaluation and exploitation of results.
Teaching methods
Tutorials
Summary
Students will improve their knowledge and skills in computational modelling of structures. A special attention will be payed to problems connected with different materials and types of structures.
Compulsory literature:
1. Pidaparti, Ramana M.: Engineering Finite Element Analysis, 2017
2. Zalka, K. A.: Modern structural analysis: modelling process and guidance, Taylor & Francis, 2000
Recommended literature:
1. https://elearning.scia.net/EN/
2. EN 1992-1-1 EUROCODE 2: Design of concrete structures – Part 1: General rules and rules for buildings. European standard, 2006;
3. EN 1993-1-1: Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures: General rules and rules for buildings, 2005
4. EN 1995-1-1: Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures: Common rules and rules for buildings, 2004
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
written test
individual project - creation of computational model of the real structure
E-learning
Other requirements
Ability of partial self-study
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction, basic description of the software
2. Beams - comparison with the analytical solution
3. Frames, frames with hinges
4. Trusses
5. Load cases and combinations
6. Space frame
7. Space frame - advanced example
8. User defined cross-sections, beam with haunches, excentricity
9. Plates
10. Walls
11. Shells
12. Models of the soil
13. Nonlinearities - beam stability, thermal load
14. Final test
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction