
BDA001 - instructions for classes
SCHEDULE OF TOPICS AND TESTS FOR SUMMER TERM 2025/2026:

SYSTEMS OF FORCES
REACTIONS
TRUSS STRUCTURES - JOINT AND CROSS-SECTIONAL METHOD
INTERNAL FORCES - STRAIGHT BEAMS
INTERNAL FORCES - CRANKED BEAMS
INTERNAL FORCES - BEAMS WITH INCLINED PARTS
INTERNAL FORCES - BEAMS WITH THREE HINGES (WITHOUT AND WITH TIE)
Without tie:
With tie:
INTERNAL FORCES - GERBER BEAMS
INTERNAL FORCES - GENERAL SYSTEM
CROSS SECTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Centroid:
Second moments of area, Mohr circle,...
Tables:
EXAMPLES OF FINAL EXAM FROM PROF. JAN ELIÁŠ
Materials for study in Czech language:
• Book from Prague university:
• Study materials STM:
https://www.stm.fce.vutbr.cz/study/materials/
• Webpage of Prof. Zdeněk Kala (examples and videos with step by step solution):
https://www.fce.vutbr.cz/STM/kala.z/BDA001cv/BDA001cv.htm
Videos in English:
Internal forces on cranked beam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81xnAGLCGpA
Internal forces on cranked beam with inclined part: