ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: IBS10276o17Semester: 2017/2018 summer
Name: Buildings and Building Elements II
Major: Civil Engineering
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. inż. Wojciech Skowroński
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students. Contact person: dr inż. Maciej Orzechowski
Learning outcomes: Student: -knows the basic principles of preparing of building design projects. -knows the basic technical requirements for both individual elements and whole buildings on structural safety, fire safety and use -knows design principles of constructing floors, walls and roof trusses for traditional technology. Skills -Can perform a critical analysis of the role and tasks of the structural and non-structural components of the building in terms of structural safety, fire safety and use. -can design a timber roof truss and other structural elements of the building; can give examples of thermal bridges and to determine their impact on the overall thermal performance. -can optimally design a building with regard to material and structural requirements, while maintaining optimal temperature and humidity conditions of the building
Competences: Student is able to work independently on a specific task It is aware of the need to raise professional and personal competences
Prerequisites: course in technical and planning drawing, Buildings and Building Elements I
Course content: This course extends and deepen general construction knowledge from Buildings and Building Elements 1 course. Loads and forces. Categories. The rules for determining loads. Load from partition walls. Snow load. Wind load. The characteristic values and design loads. Roofs. The roof’s elements. Close-coupled roofs, purlin roofs and roof trusses. Roof structure: full and empty trusses. The loads applied to the truss structure. Design of roof and its elements. Calculation of wooden beams and steel beam floors. Design and calculation of prefabricated ribbed floors, lintels and balconies. Masonry walls. Reinforced and non-reinforced walls. Design of wall elements.
Recommended literature: 1. Chudley R.: Building Construction Handbook, Seventh edition, Elsevier 2008 2. Marshall D., Worthing D.: The construction of houses, UWE, Bristol, 2006 3. Marshall D., Worthing D.: Undestanding Housing Defects, UWE, Bristol, 2003 4. Ching F.D.K.:, Building Construction Illustrated 5. Merritt F, icketts J.: Building design and construction handbook, 6th edition, 2001 6. Watts A.: Modern construction handbook, 2nd edition, 7. Markiewicz P.: Budownictwo ogólne dla architektów - Vademecum projektanta. Kraków 2001.
Assessment methods: final exam, assessment of oral expression during commissioning project exercises
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