Building Structures 1

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Antonín Lupíšek
Drawing #1: 3 variants of load bearing column system
with location of expansion joints
• scale 1:500 or 1:200
• dimensioning of expansion joints sections
• description of expansion joints

Drawing #2: part of plan and section in location of

expansion joint
• scale 1:100
#1 example
#1 example
Drawing #2 Example
Types of expansion joints 1
Volume changes
• temperature fluctulation
• moisture fluctulation (wooden structures)
• concrete shrinkage and creep
• chemical changes of materials
Types of expansion joints 2
Settlement joints (differential settlement)
• diverse subsoil
• different foundation loading

• different foundation type

• additional building (different time of realization)

Types of expansion joints 3

• Vibration transfer precaution (crane, lift)

• Other construction and/or technological
reasons
EXPANSION JOINTS FOR VOLUME CHANGES
must continuously go through all load-bearing and all
connected non-load-bearing structures
with exception of foundation.

EXPANSION JOINTS ENABLING DIFFERENTIAL

SETTLEMENT
must continuously go through all load-bearing and all
connected non-load-bearing structures
including foundation.
Thermal linear expansion
l = l α t
l ... linear expansion [m]
l ... element length [m]
α ... coefficient of linear expansion
12 * 10-6 K-1
t ... thermal variation (~ 35°C)

maximum expansion joint width 10 - 30 mm

 l = l α t = ... < 30 mm
Location of expansion joints
• change of shape
• bearing system orientation change
• different heights of buildings
• different loading
• heated / unheated part
Location of expansion joints
Principles of solution

• doubled structure

• one side movable support

• simply supported inner part

• cantilever structure

• shift of modular grid of load-bearing structure

Location of expansion joints

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Examples
Examples
Examples
Examples
Task 1 - Drawing basics

• part of plan and section of typical floor

Task 2 - Load-bearing system

• 2 variants of structural system

• 2 variants of floor structures (formwork,

precasted structure)

• 2 complex details according to selected

bearing system

Task 3 - Expansion joints of load-bearing

structures

• 3 variants of load-bearing system with location

of expansion joints

• part of plan and section in location of

expansion joint
credit in
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Thanks for attention