STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES

1. 1. Introduction

   • Gravity
   • Wind
   • Pressure

2. 2. Forces, loads and stresses

   • Forces
     • external forces
     • Internal forces
   • loads
     • Fixed loads
     • variable loads
   • Stresses

3. 3. Mechanical stresses

   • Tension
   • Compression
   • Bending
   • Torsion
   • Shearing or cutting

4. 4. Types of structures

   • How to make a structure more stable?
   • What is the resistance of the materia
   • How to give rigidity to a structure

5. 5. Types of structures

   • Mass and lintelled structure
   • Vaulted structures
   • Triangulad structures
   • Suspended structures
   • Reinforced concentre structure
   • Laminated structures
   • Pneumatic structures
   • Spatial and geodesic structure