In cooperation with Municipality of Podlehnik, the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture of the University of Maribor joined the project to achieve active sustainable development of municipality. The construction of the new highway connection Draženci - MMP Gruškovje will continue the traffic link between the international borders Šentilj and Gruškovje, which will increase international traffic through the area and connect the municipality of Podlehnik with neighbouring towns. Within the framework of the workshop, we developed guidelines and variant solutions for the sustainable development of two areas in Podlehnik. The first area is an attractive location in the centre of Podlehnik where, according to the project proposal, various types of residential buildings, hotel facilities and other public program are considered. Another area is the location near the lake Dežno, where the focus is primarily on development of tourism and the construction of temporary apartment units.
F.28 Organising an exhibition
The project took place in 2017 within the framework of the Call for Proposals: Following the Creative Path to Knowledge in order to promote the strengthening of cooperation and integration of the higher education system with the environment (economy, non-economy). It was financed from the side of the Public national fund “Javni štipendijski, razvojni, invalidski in preživninski sklad Republike Slovenije”. The Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture (UM FGPA) cooperated with the company Marles Hiše Maribor and the Faculty of Economics and Business (UM EPF). The project was led under the guidance of professional (Marles Hiše Maribor) and pedagogical (UM FGPA, UM EPF) supervisors. Within the project the students from UM FGPA developed different innovative typologies of prefabricated timber-glass modular residential units of minimal floor area with all the technical and technological verifications. Prior to the design phase the preliminary survey of market potential was carried out by the students of EPF, while after the design phase was finished they also developed by the marketing communication strategy for the new product. From the viewpoint of the contribution to the society, the MODUL:m:AR project exerts the following qualities: • raising the cooperation between the university and the economy, • raising the level of knowledge and experience of the involved students, opening of employment opportunities, • development of the new concept of high living quality living on a small surface, • for the economy: gaining new solutions, gaining new product, strengthening the business opportunities of the incorporated company, • contribution to the sustainable development of society and the economy.
F.10 Improvements to an existing technological process or technology
Based on the agreement between the University College Cork and the University of Maribor and the long-standing cooperation in research and education between the Chair of IT in AEC at the UCC and the Chair of Civil and Transport Informatics at UM, we submitted a proposal for the accreditation of a joint two-year masters study program IT in construction in 2016. On 19.10.2017, we received the NAKVIS Decision, which gave us the accreditation of the joint program for an indefinite period.
D.10 Educational activities
The textbook "Basics of Structural Design" is intended as a basic material and help for undergraduate study in the field of structural design. In the textbook there are given all the important facts in the topics of design, analysis of actions on structures and earthquake engineering, which are the basis for understanding the behavior of building structures. The content of the textbook relates to the requirements of the following European standards: Eurocode: Basics of structural design, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures – Part:1.1: General actions - Densities, self-weight and imposed loads of buildings , Eurocode 1: Actions on structures – Part: 1.3: General actions - Snow loads, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures – Part: 1.4: General actions - Wind actions and Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 1: General rules, seismic actions and rules for buildings.
D.10 Educational activities
COBISS.SI-ID: 91020801As a natural raw material timber shows indisputable environmental excellence and certainly represents one of the best choices for sustainable construction. The use of glazing in buildings has always contributed to openness, visual comfort and better daylight situation. The features of the both building materials lead to the development of a new type of highly attractive structures, the so-called timber-glass buildings. However, in a view to maximising the use of natural solar radiation gains, the most of the glazing is usually placed in the south facade of such buildings which can lead to many structural problems, especially when the building is exposed to heavy horizontal loads. In such cases it is usually to assure a horizontal stability by using additional visible diagonal elements or by internal wall elements. In this study we are presenting another solution by using timber-frame wall elements with fixed insulating glazing placed on the external side of the timber frame where the glass pane is considered as a load-bearing element. It is presented that such timber-glass load-bearing wall element can significantly contribute to the overall horizontal resistance of the whole building. The behaviour of load-bearing timber-glass wall elements is additionally modelled with FE model where the bonding line is modelled with spring elements. With such developed mathematical model it is possible further parametrically to analyse many various parameters which significantly influence on the capacity, stiffness and failure mechanism of such composite elements.
B.04 Guest lecture
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