A carport is an integral part of any family home that does not have its own garage. It is an ideal solution that is both modern and practical. The role of such shelters is to secure the vehicle mainly from the external weather and at the same time to ensure their own long life and minimal maintenance. Therefore, for such requirements, there are not only standard standardized shelters, but it is also possible to design atypical shelters that take into account the specific requirements of the customer. In this paper, we therefore focused on the current state of production of carports. The aim was to create a structural shelter for two cars. Another condition of the customer was that the width of the entrance to the shelter was 5.5 m. The resulting design that represented our solution was designed based on numerical analysis and the identification of a number of design concepts that were often oversized or had incorrect shape geometry. For some existing variants on the market, we have confirmed the presence of large voltage concentrators occurring in the critical most stressed places of the shelter. To avoid this problem, it was first necessary to identify which construction materials are often used for these purposes, and then we specified their mechanical properties. After a suitable choice of construction material for the shelter, we were able to proceed to the specification of possible external loads affecting the stability and safety of the proposed shelter. By analyzing the standards and known relationships for the calculation of structural safety, knowledge was obtained whether the proposed structure is sufficiently resistant to the proposed external static load. The results of static analyzes, analysis of loss of structural stability, strength control of anchoring segments and the results of stress-strain numerical analysis contributed to the design of the final design solution for the construction of the shelter according to the customer's requirements.

This work has been supported by grant agency KEGA project No. 001ŽU-4/2020 and grant agency VEGA project No. 1/0073/19.