Structures

Structures

1. Force

   • Is anything that can deform a body

2. Structure

   • Set of elements in a body
     • Natural
     • Artificial

3. Load

   • Force that acts in a body

4. Stresses

   • The effects of theload in a body
     • Traction
     • Compression
     • Bending
     • Shear
     • Torsion

5. Conditions

   • Stability
     • Depends on:
       • The center of gravity
   • Resistance
     • To give a structure stability
       • Adding mass to the base
       • Bracing it
       • Burying the bottom part under ground
   • Rigidity
     • depends on
       • material
       • quantity
       • shape