Structures - creado desde un Mapa Mental

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A structure is formed by a group of elements of a thing wich gives force to preserve its size and shape without collapse when forces act on it

Made by :Raquel Ramos

Natural structures

Artificial structures

The functions of a structure are:

natural structures are those that are form by nature

some examples are:

The skeleton

A turtle shell

A coral reef

The structures supports charges,these loads can be:

Static loads

Dynamic loads

The static loads are those that stay always in the structure,some examples are:

beams

cement

bricks

The loads causes a series of efforts,the 5 most important are:

Flexion

Torsion

Cuting

Compression

Traction

A estructure is composed by some elements,the most important are:

Foundation

Pilar or colum

Tirante

Square

Viga

All structures must be :

Stable

Resistant

The dynamic loads are those that don't exist always in teh structure,some examples are:

wind

people

rain

Artificial structures are those made by the human

Some examples are:

The pyramids

A car

A mobile phone

Protecting objects

Support weigths

To resists external forces

To mantein the form