Description:

Design of steel / timber load bearing building structure according to external requirements in relation to interaction of load bearing and final completion structural elements. The project is assigned by the seminar leader.

Contents:

No lectures

Seminar contents:

1. Choice of suitable building (architectural study, papers and figures presented in civil engineering and architectural journals etc.), analysis of building and boundary conditions.
2. Preliminary design of 3 suitable structural systems based on complex analysis of building.
3. Final design of 3 suitable structural systems based on complex analysis of building, comparison of the results, choice of the solution for detailed design.
4. Analysis and specification of selected structural system.
5. - 12. Design drawings, calculations and reports for each task (Building Structures, Structural Design, Building Services, Geotechnics), optimization of load-bearing structure, detailed drawings.
13.Public presentation.
14. Completion of the project.

Recommended literature:

European structural design codes EN 1991, EN 1993, EN 1994, EN 1995.

Keywords:

Steel structures, Timber structures, Design, Structural design, Detailing

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar