Course Details

Assessment of Existing Structures

Academic Year 2025/26

BIB009 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-MI Summer Semester 4th year

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Testing

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289927

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Building technical survey.
  • 2. Overview of diagnostic methods.
  • 3.–4. Modern diagnostic methods of building materials.
  • 5.–6. Diagnostic of Concrete Structures.
  • 7.–8. Diagnostic of brick and rock structures.
  • 9.–10. Diagnostic of timber structures.
  • 11.–12. Radiating diagnostic methods I.
  • 13. Radiating diagnostic methods II.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Task of the building survey of reinforced concrete structures.
  • 2. Non-destructive testing of concrete – hardness and ultrasonic methods.
  • 3. Destructive testing of concrete – execution of cores.
  • 4. Evaluation tests of concrete.
  • 5. Diagnostics of reinforcement – electromagnetic and GPR method.
  • 6. Inspection of bridge construction.
  • 7. Diagnostics of masonry structures – design and non-destructive testing.
  • 8. Diagnostics of masonry – destructive testing and calculation.
  • 9. Diagnostics of timber structures.
  • 10. Monitoring of construction – the practical implementation.
  • 11. Modern diagnostic methods – samples.
  • 12. Excursion - inspection of building structure.
  • 13. Presentation of seminary work, credit.