General Building Engineering

The purpose of this module is to present students with: main elements and systems of buildings construction; principles of loads combinations; construction of selected elements of buildings; principles of preparation of engineering drawings of buildings with brick walls.

Requirements:

Required knowledge: Technical drawing & engineering graphics, Civil engineering materials,Strength of materials

L: Traditional building engineering. Classification of buildings. Elements of buildings and building structures. Spatial rigidity of buildings. Expansion joints. Technical specifications for buildings and their location according to Polish building law. Foundations. Building with brick walls. Chimney walls. Ceilings. Staircases. Steep and flat roofs. Roofings. Windows and doors. Insulations. Finishing elements.

C: Load combinations, calculation of loads. Simplified calculations of selected building elements.

P: Specification and technical drawings of a building built from bricks

1. Rozporządzenia Ministra Infrastruktury z dnia 12 kwietnia 2002 r. w sprawie warunków technicznych, jakim powinny odpowiadać budynki i ich usytuowanie, (Dz. U. Nr 75, poz. 690), z późniejszymi zmianami.

2. Allen E., Iano J.: Fundamentals of building construction: materials and methods. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons, 2004

3. Eurocodes: EC0, EC1, EC5

Student (graduate) has a basic knowledge regarding designing and construction of selected objects.

Student (graduate) knows standard rules, regulations and building codes.

Student (graduate) recognizes and classifies different construction objects.

Student (graduate) determines and combines loads acting on elements of construction objects.

Student (graduate) selects and applies construction materials in designed objects.

Student (graduate) prepares specification and technical drawings of simple construction objects.

A series of lectures to provide students with an overview of the issues relating to the main elements and systems of building construction, principles of load combinations; construction of selected elements of buildings. A series of classes covering actions on buildings, load calculations and calculation of simple structural elements. Project consisting in specification and technical drawings of a building built from bricks.

L - written exam; C - written evaluation; P – completion of the student's

project, written evaluation, defense of the student's project;