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Course code: IBS20267o13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: Concrete tall structures
Major: Civil Engineering
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. inż. Sylwester Kobielak
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Student knows the types of tall buildings structural systems and their behavior. Student knows the stability issues of tall buildings. Student knows the design principles and selection of tall building structure computational model. Knows the solutions of structural elements of individual load-resisting systems. Can select the load-resisting system and choose the structural elements according to height of structure and other conditions. Evaluate usefulness of the application of the computer model to the structural system calculation and available AUTOCAD software to perform tall buildings structure drawings. Able to determine the loads acting on tall building structure
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Course content: Introduction to the design issues of tall buildings. Loads of tall buildings. Classification of tall buildings structural systems. Factors influencing the choice of the load-resisting system. Spatial stiffness and deflection of the building. Floor systems. Introduction to the tall buildings optimization. Designing of building structural elements. Curtain walls. Tall building foundations..The erection technologies of tall buildings. Fire protection of structural elements. Examples of constructed tall buildings. Structure design and construction of radio-TV masts, towers and offshore oil platforms.
Recommended literature: Kapela M. Sieczkowski J.: Projektowanie konstrukcji budynków wielokondygnacyjnych, Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej, 2003. Łubiński M, Żółtowski W.: Konstrukcje metalowe, część II, Arkady, Warszawa 1992 Pawłowski A. Z., Cała I.: Budynki wysokie, Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej, 2006. Taranath B. S.: Reinforced Concrete Design of Tall Buildings, CRC Press, 2009 Viswanath H. R. J. J. A., Tolloczko J. J. A. and Clarke J. N.: Multi-purpose High-Rise Towers and Tall Buildings, Taylor & Francis, Transferred to Digital Printing 2005
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