Within the course Structures 2, students of the Civil Engineering programme went on a field trip to the construction site at Formin near Ptuj, where a prestressed reinforced-concrete bridge over the Drava river canal was being built using the balanced cantilever method.
The visit was led by Igor Štuhec, chief supervising engineer at DRI, who presented the key features of this demanding bridge structure. He explained transverse, longitudinal and angular strains of the load-bearing elements, with particular attention to the effects of temperature loads on the behaviour of the structure.
Students also learned about general stress and strain states in structures and the relationship between stresses and specific strains, illustrated with tensor and graphical examples from real construction practice.
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Source: Academia (13. 5. 2026). Fotografije: arhiv Academie.
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