The aim of this thesis is design of the loadbearing structure of a bridge. Out of two proposed variants was chosen prestressed girder deck of 5 spans. The bridge is built span-by-span in a formwork supported by launching girders. Calculation of load cases is made in software Midas Civil 2021 and Scia Engineer 18.1. The construction is evaluated considering the ultimate limit state and serviceability limit state. The design and evaluation were made according to valid standards.

The topic of diploma thesis is transport infrastructure in Moravian Silesian region. The thesis is separate to theoretical part and practical part. The theoretical part is focused on region characteristics, regional development and transport infrastructure including financing. The practical part is focused on analysis transport infrastructure in Moravian Silesian region, which is mapped and described in detail. Using the knowledge from the theoretical part, the outcome is described impact of transport infrastructure on the region development.

The master’s thesis is focused on serviceability evaluation of historical concrete floor slab realized in the third decade of the 20th century. The assessment of structural performance is based on the results of load testing in situ. The thesis defines contemporary load testing requirements followed by the specifications of measuring instruments and the possibilities of displacement measurements during load testing. In addition, it includes structural and historical investigation of the building, methodology and data evaluation of the load testing. Finally, the theoretical computer simulation of executed load testing is run by using software determined for nonlinear finite elements analysis.

The master’s thesis designs and checks the reinforced concrete tanks of sewage plant. Part of this thesis are also drawings. Tanks are designed as a watertight underground structure with aspect on standards and watertight function. Foundation slab and concrete walls were designed according to ultimate and serviceability limit states. The thesis includes design of reinforcement according to non-force effects in early stage. The structure is checked also to loss of equilibrium of a structure due to uplift by vertical actions from water pressure.

In recent years, an increase to design slender and aesthetically-pleasing structures have resulted in some structures having a low natural frequency. This is because the design calculation did not meet the requirement of serviceability performance. Structures can experience excessive vibrations when they are subjected to different types of dynamic loading. A device can be installed to prevent these vibrations.In this thesis, we study the response of buildings and lateral vibrations of footbridges equipped with Tuned Liquid Damper. The aim is to mitigate the first mode of vibration. Tuned Liquid Damper consists of a container in rectangular, cylindrical or arbitrary shape partially filled with shallow liquid, most often water is used as a regulating device system. The design properties of Tuned Liquid Damper is introduced and it is based on the analogyof the most popular damper, Tuned Mass Damper.An experimental study of a building frame model with four floors is conducted to validate the numerical results obtained from the simulation of the model in ANSYS. The linear and non-linear analysis are performed through a system coupling between Ansys mechanical and Fluent solver. The simulation results obtained are in good agreement with the experimental results.A parametric study is conducted with a simply supported steel footbridge. It is a 45 m long span with 3 m width and the flexural rigidity is modified to get the lateral vibration mode. The first lateral natural frequency obtained is 0.713 Hz. The load case for the study considered is according to Sétra guide. The variable parameters studied is the Tuned Liquid Damper water mass ratios: 0.7%, 1.0%, 2.0%, 3.0% and 4.0%. The results show a satisfactory performance of the footbridge model equipped with Tuned Liquid Damper. The accelerations are below 0.1 m/s2 which satisfied the requirement of 0.15 m/s2.

Vibration serviceability in the design of footbridges is gathering enormous prominence as comfort restrictions get enhanced. Comfort verifications are often becoming critical when considering human induced dynamic loading on lightweight structures, which are increasing in slenderness and flexibility. The aim of this work was to build up understanding about the running load effects on the response of footbridges and proving that it could imply a critical load case that would require verification. Additionally, the accuracy of potential models to estimate the structural response was evaluated. Finally, aiming for a practical application, this work provides a step forward towards the possibility of adopting a simplified design methodology to be included in the future guidelines and an insight into the potential effects of a marathon event. While the walking load case is a well-studied phenomenon, not much attention has been paid to the running induced excitation. Guidelines motivate that there is no need for verification and exceptionally, some get to suggest a time domain load model definition. The interaction phenomena as well as the effects of groups of runners in the dynamic response of the structure remain still unknown. Limiting the work to the vertical component of the response and force and based on a large set of additional assumptions, experimental and numerical analyses were performed. Three footbridges were tested and subjected to tests involving different motion forms; jumping, walking and running. On the other hand, the time domain load models available in the literature were applied accounting for the spatial displacement of each of the pedestrians along the footbridge. In the most advanced of the models, aiming to account for interaction effects, the subjects were modelled as independent mechanical systems. The results derived from the experimental study helped characterizing the running load effect on the footbridge's response and proved that there may be structures in which running could comprise a critical load case. Furthermore, the numerical analyses allowed to verify the accuracy of the suggested models and the improvement that the human structure interaction effects involve. The analyses resulted in complementary sets of conclusions that built up understanding about the running load effects on footbridges; such as the sensitivity of the estimated response to the structure's modal properties and the influence of the parameters that characterize the running motion. Finally, the suggested simplified design methodology was able to estimate, with a very reasonable error for the current case study, the calculated response by the most accurate of the models. To sum up, this work serves as a motivation to include the running load case in the guidelines and establishes a starting point for further research and simplified design methodologies based on the strategy and models suggested in this work.

Software for designing structural frameworks in civil engineering is getting more and more complex. By offering reliable and efficient calculation methods, economic goals can be reached as well as the civil engineer's demands. Furthermore, opportunities for special developments are created and acceptance of new building systems is increased. The work presented here introduces a method for the physically nonlinear analysis of different composite beam designs for building and bridge structures which are subjected mainly to bending stresses under quasi-static, long-term loading. In addition, the utilization of these methods, including materials and modelling concepts, are shown in a newly developed software package. Present developments for composite construction and civil engineering requirements are the basis for the materials and modelling possibilities discussed. Particular attention is given to a realistic description of time and load dependent variables characterizing the state of the composite structures and their interactions. The selection of material models is based on experimental results. The main points of interest are concrete properties like creep, shrinkage, effluent hydration heat, cracking and boundary behaviour between different materials. Material behaviour under load and reload conditions was taken into account as well. The static solution is based on the incremental iterative application of the deformation method. Each iteration starts with the numerical integration of the beam system of differential equations. Based on the effects at the beam boundaries, the consideration of load and system modifications, as well as time dependent and independent constraint processes, is shown. An essential extension of the composite beam structure model is obtained using the system of differential equations for the flexible bond. Several detailed models are linked to a time dependent simulation for the entire system, which has been incorporated into a software package visualizing the time dependent variables. Finally, some practical application examples are presented. The validation of the implemented approach is demonstrated by correlating the calculated results with real life measurements. / Softwareentwicklungen für die Tragwerksplanung im Bauwesen werden zunehmend komplexer. Mit der Bereitstellung zuverlässiger und effizienter Berechnungsmethoden, welche sowohl ingenieurgemäße Ansprüche als auch wirtschaftliche Zielsetzungen erfüllen, werden neue Möglichkeiten für eine zielgerichtete Entwicklung oder verstärkte Etablierung von neueren Bauweisen geschaffen. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt ein Verfahren zur physikalisch nichtlinearen Analyse vorwiegend biegebeanspruchter Verbund-Stabtragwerke des Hoch- und Brückenbaues unter quasi-statischer Langzeitbeanspruchung. Die zugehörige programmtechnische Umsetzung wird veranschaulicht. Die Modellierungsmöglichkeiten bezüglich der Werkstoffe orientieren sich an baupraktisch relevanten Erfordernissen sowie an den Besonderheiten und aktuellen Entwicklungen der Verbundbauweise. Besonderes Augenmerk wird zunächst auf eine realitätsnahe Darstellung der den Gebrauchs¬zustand von Verbundtragwerken charakterisierenden zeit- und lastabhängigen Einflussgrößen sowie ihrer Wechselwirkungen gelegt. Zur objektiven Beurteilung möglicher Materialmodelle wird zuerst auf das prinzipielle Verhalten im Experiment eingegangen, danach erfolgt eine Auswahl geeigneter Modelle. Schwerpunkte stellen dabei insbesondere die Betoneigenschaften Kriechen, Schwinden, abfließende Hydratationswärme und die Rissbildung sowie das Verbundverhalten zwischen den Werkstoffen dar. Diese Betrachtungen schließen das Werk¬stoffverhalten unter Be- und Entlastung ein. Die statische Lösung basiert auf einer inkrementell-iterativen Anwendung der Deformations¬methode. Ausgangspunkt der Berechnungen in einem Iterationsschritt ist die numerische Integration des Stab-Differentialgleichungssystems. Ausgehend von der Formulierung der Wirkungsgrößen an einem Stabrändern wird die Berücksichtigung von Belastungs- und Systemmodifikationen sowie zeitabhängigen und -unabhängigen Zwangsprozessen aufgezeigt. Eine wesentliche Erweiterung der Anwendungen im Stahl-Beton-Verbundbau stellt die Herleitung des Stab-Differentialgleichungssystems für den nachgiebigen Verbund dar. Mit der Verknüpfung einzelner Detailmodelle zu einem zeitabhängigen Lösungsverfahren und deren Integration in einen entsprechenden Softwareentwurf wird die programmtechnische Basis für eine modellhafte, zeitvariante Erfassung der beschreibenden Kenngrößen bereitgestellt. Ausgewählte praktische Beispiele demonstrieren abschließend die Anwendungsmöglichkeiten des Verfahrens und stellen die Verifikation der Simulationsergebnisse anhand von Messungen dar.

Due to the emergence of new materials and advanced engineering technology, slender footbridges are increasingly becoming popular to satisfy the modern transportation needs and the aesthetical requirements of society. These structures however are always &quotlively" with low stiffness, low mass, low damping and low natural frequencies. As a consequence, they are prone to vibration induced by human activities and can suffer severe vibration serviceability problems, particularly in the lateral direction. This phenomenon has been evidenced by the excessive lateral vibration of many footbridges worldwide such as the Millennium Bridge in London and the T-Bridge in Japan. Unfortunately, present bridge design codes worldwide do not provide sufficient guidelines and information to address such vibrations problems and to ensure safety and serviceability due to the lack of knowledge on the dynamic performance of such slender vibration sensitive bridge structures. A conceptual study has been carried out to comprehensively investigate the dynamic characteristics of slender suspension footbridges under human-induced dynamic loads and a footbridge model in full size with pre-tensioned reverse profiled cables in the vertical and horizontal planes has been proposed for this purpose. A similar physical suspension bridge model was designed and constructed in the laboratory, and experimental testings have been carried out to calibrate the computer simulations. The synchronous excitation induced by walking has been modelled as crowd walking dynamic loads which consist of dynamic vertical force, dynamic lateral force and static vertical force. The dynamic behaviour under synchronous excitation is simulated by resonant vibration at the pacing rate which coincides with a natural frequency of the footbridge structure. Two structural analysis software packages, Microstran and SAP2000 have been employed in the extensive numerical analysis. Research results show that the structural stiffness and vibration properties of suspension footbridges with pre-tensioned reverse profiled cables can be adjusted by choosing different structural parameters such as cable sag, cable section and pretensions in the reverse profiled cables. Slender suspension footbridges always have four main kinds of vibration modes: lateral, torsional, vertical and longitudinal modes. The lateral and torsional modes are often combined together and become two kinds of coupled modes: coupled lateral-torsional modes and coupled torsionallateral modes. Such kind of slender footbridges also have different dynamic performance in the lateral and vertical directions, and damping has only a small effect on the lateral vibration but significant effect on the vertical one. The fundamental coupled lateral-torsional mode and vertical mode are easily excited when crowd walking dynamic loads are distributed on full bridge deck. When the crowd walking dynamic loads are distributed eccentrically on half width of the deck, the fundamental coupled torsional-lateral mode can be excited and large lateral deflection can be induced. Higher order vertical modes and coupled lateral-torsional modes can also be excited by groups of walking pedestrians under certain conditions. It is found that the coupling coefficient introduced in this thesis to describe the coupling of a coupled mode, is an important factor which has significant effect on the lateral dynamic performance of slender suspension footbridges. The coupling coefficient, however, is influenced by many structural parameters such as cable configuration, cable section, cable sag, bridge span and pre-tensions, etc. In general, a large dynamic amplification factor is expected when the fundamental mode of a footbridge structure is the coupled lateral-torsional mode with a small coupling coefficient. The research findings of this thesis are useful in understanding the complex dynamic behaviour of slender and vibration sensitive suspension footbridges under humaninduced dynamic loads. They are also helpful in developing design guidance and techniques to improve the dynamic performance of such slender vibration sensitive footbridges and similar structures and hence to ensure their safety and serviceability.

Wind power is one of the fastest growing energy sources, which have advantages in terms of delivering clean, cheap and fast energy. Many actors and organizations have realized this potential, which has lead to exponential growth of the wind power over recent couple of years. Despite promising future of clean and green energy through wind there are still areas to be improved to tackle main hinders for further development on a larger scale. The larger scale development of wind power has up-to-date been reached in only few countries such asDenmarkandGermany. The most potential can be found through offshore wind turbines due to, among other, lesser height and noise restrictions than inland wind turbines as well as better wind resources. This thesis is mainly characterized by the mixed-method method, which is in its turn characterized by mixing different research methods such as induction, deduction and abduction as they might be suitable to apply during the different stages of the research process. In this thesis the system approach will be considered to model the scope of this study’s context. As this thesis was constructed as a theoretical study the systematic literature review was used as the main source for data collection. The synthesis of the reviewed articles was initially performed in a broad manner to show overall picture of research related to the scope of this thesis. In the following step, the adopted LCM tool was used to extract study specific data from the reviewed and additional articles. This enabled to link some of the current problems, in wind power area, and ‘unfulfilled’ stakeholder requirements.    This thesis aim was to identify important stakeholders and to address their respective requirements within the scope of supportability engineering applied in the wind power context, particularly stakeholder requirements that have not been considered by previous research. The purpose of it was to compare different requirements with current issues in the wind power sector. Conducted systematic literature review showed significant and costly (development) issues related to the supportability engineering such as reliability, availability, maintainability, accessibility problems etc. This was fully in line with the stakeholders’ requirements, which in several cases demanded higher dependability i.e. availability performance and its influencing factors.  The thesis also included definition of supportability engineering framework, through comparing several widely accepted and standardized theoretical concepts. This comparison enabled definition of more focused approach with requirements on the ‘supported system’ and to lesser extent the ‘support system’. These requirements are usually mixed within the different theoretical concepts.  The main findings from this study are that application of supportability engineering framework would lead to earlier identification of important stakeholders and their requirements. Considering these requirements, for instance availability and maintainability of the wind turbines, at earlier stages of the life cycle through better design and improved supportability infrastructure could potentially decrease amount of current problems in the wind energy sector in particular for the offshore part. Another result was that different stakeholders and their requirements were identified. Thesis contribution overall was a new ‘refined approach’ to deal with supportability issues through supportability engineering framework, whose main focus is the ‘supported system’.

Subject of this diploma thesis is to design structural system of multifunctional building in Brno. This apartment building has 4 storey. Main load-bearing elements are concrete ceilings, columns and beams in first and second storey. In third and fourth storey are main load-bearing elements masonry and concrete ceilings with beams. Also there is prestressed beam in first storey. The structure was assessed for ultimate and serviceability limit state acording to standarts and regulation. Drawings and drawings of construction are part of the diploma thesis.