STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES

1. They are divided to: Natural structures and Human-made structures.

2. There are three types of forces that are:

   • Gravity
   • Wind
   • Pressure

3. There are two types of loads that are:

   • Fixed or permanent loads
   • Variable loads

4. There are one type of stress that is:

   • Mechanical stresses
     • Tension
     • Compression
     • Bending
     • Torsion
     • Cutting

5. Types of structures:

   • Stability
   • Resistance
   • Rigidity

6. How to make structures more stable?

   • What is the resistance of the material?
     • How to give rigidity to a structure?

7. More type of structures:

   • Mass and lintelled structure
   • Vaulted structures
   • Trinangulated structures
   • Suspended structures
   • Reinforced concrete structures
   • Laminated structures
   • Pneumatic structures
   • Spatial and geodesic structures