Concrete Bridges

Garant předmětu:

Roman Lenner

Lecturer:

Roman Lenner

Tutor:

Roman Lenner

Supervisor:

Department of Concrete and Masonry Structures

Synopsis:

The course of Concrete Bridges is focused on design and construction of this type of bridge structures. Lectures are devoted to spatial arrangement and equipment of road and railway bridges, bridge substructure, effects and realization of prestressing, types of concrete bridge structures and technologies of their construction. Seminars are split into interesting issues and provide an opportunity to apply the learnt principles.

Requirements:

Attend lectures and work on tutorials

Syllabus of lectures:

Bridge Introduction

Bridge Superstructure, Substructure, Foundations and Bearings

Basics of Prestressed Concrete

Feasibility domain and cable layout

Bridge Loading

Global and Grillage Analysis, Zwettl Example

Strut and Tie Method

Slab and Girder Bridges

Composite Concrete Bridges

Integral Bridges

Box girder bridges and construction methods: balanced cantilever and launching

Syllabus of tutorials:

Conceptual Design

Prestressed Beam

Bridge loads

Strut and Tie

Integral

Launching

Study Objective:

To provide an overview and basic knowledge about the design of concrete bridges.

Study materials:

All material is provided on moodle platform.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2023/2024:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2023/2024:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Building Structures (compulsory elective course)
• Building Structures (compulsory elective course)
• Civil Engineering (compulsory elective course)
• Civil Engineering (compulsory elective course)