STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES

1. Types

   • Mass structures
   • frame structures
   • Truss structures
   • Suspended structures

2. Types of stress

   • Compression
   • Tension/traction
   • Bending
   • Torsion
   • Shear

3. Stresses

4. Conditions for strong structures

   • Rigidity
   • Equilibrium
   • Stability

5. Strength

   • Strengthening elements

6. Force

7. Elements that incrase stability

   • Stable
   • Centre of gravity

8. Elements that increase rigidity

   • Trussing
     • Triangle
     • Diagonal bar
   • Brace
   • Stay cables
   • Sections
     • beams
     • Columns
     • Types
       • Open sections
         • L-shaped
         • T-shaped
         • U-shaped
         • I-shaped
       • Closed sections
         • Square
         • Triangular
         • Round