Steel Bridges

Course guarantor:

Pavel Ryjáček

Lecturer:

Pavel Ryjáček

Tutor:

Pavel Ryjáček

Supervisor:

Department of Steel and Timber Structures

Synopsis:

The subject describes the basics of the design of steel and composite bridges.

Requirements:

The student must have basic knowledge about design of steel structures according to the EN standards, at least 1 term course.

Syllabus of lectures:

The general definitions and principles of bridge designing. Different disposition of bridges, description of bridge deck, bridge equipment as bearings, expansion joints, waterproofing, crash barriers, rails etc. Beam bridges, composite beam bridges, truss bridges. Grid bridges. Skew bridges. Horizontally curved bridges. Frame bridges. Arch bridges. Cable stayed and suspension bridges with long span.

Preliminary design of a steel railway bridge structure.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Cross section, bridge layout

2. Load

3. Cross beam design

4. Main girder design

Study Objective:

To obtain basic knowledge about types of steel structures of bridges and their structural parts and their design

Study materials:

Troyano L.F.: Bridge Engineering a Global Perspektive. University Press, Cambridge, 2003

Note:

Further information:

http://people.fsv.cvut.cz/~ryjacpav/stb.htm

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed	roomTH:B-693 14:00–15:50 EVEN WEEK (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Thákurova 7 (budova FSv) roomTH:B-693 14:00–15:50 ODD WEEK (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Civil Engineering (compulsory elective course)