Course Details
Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures Exposed to Fire
Academic Year 2024/25
CL062 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
2 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. The behaviour of concrete and concrete structures during the fire. Effects of fire on structural bearing capacity.
2.– 3. Evaluation of fire resistance, temperature of concrete and reinforcement during the fire. Analysis of the effects of fire and fire load calculation.
4.– 5. Properties of concrete and reinforcement at increased temperatures. Determination of mechanical and physical characteristics of concrete and steel.
6.– 7. Design principles. Design methods for concrete structures exposed to fire - design according to the tables.
8.– 9. Simplified calculation methods and advanced computational methods. Special features of the proposal of elements from high-strength concrete on the effects of fire.
10.– 11. Properties of masonry at increased temperatures. Determination of mechanical and physical characteristics of masonry.
12. – 13. Design principles. Design methods for masonry structures exposed to fire.
Exercise
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Determination of load on concrete elements and it’s effects during the fire.
2. Determination of the temperature in the heated concrete element.
3. Correction.
4.– 5. Calculation of bearing capacity of concrete elements at known temperature profiles of elements.
6.– 7. Slab and beam - verification of fire resistance according the tables.
8. Columns - verification of fire resistance according the tables.
9. Correction.
10. Slabs, beams - verification of fire resistance by the method of “500 °C isotherm”.
11. Wall - verification of fire resistance by the zone method.
12. Final correction.
13. Submission of the project. Credit.