Structures

Structures

1. 2. Forcess loads and stresses:

   • Gravity
     • Pressure
   • Wind

2. 1. Tow tipes of structures: Natural structures and human-made structures

3. 2.1 Forces :

   • External forces and internal forces
     • Deformation

4. 2.2 Loads

   • Fixed or permanent loads
     • Internal forces
       • Deformation

5. 2.3 Strees

6. 3. Mechanical strees

   • 3.1 Tension
     • 3.2 Compression
       • 3.3 Bending
       • 3.5 Shearing or cutting
     • 3.4 Torsion

7. 4 Types of structures

   • Stability, resistance and rigidity
   • 4.1 How to make a structure more stable
     • 4.2 The resistance of a material
     • 4.3 How to give rigidity to a structure

8. 5. Types of structures

   • 5.1 Mass and lintelled structure
     • 5.2 Vaulted structures
       • 5.3 Triangulated structures
         • 5.4 Suspended structures
           • 5.5 Reinforced concrete structures: Concrete slabs, beams, joists. filler slabs, top layer of reinforced concrete, columns, foundations

9. 5.6 Laminated structures

   • 5.7 Pneumatic structures
     • 5.8 Spatial and geodesic structures