2nd year of Degree in Foundations of Architecture
6 ECTS – Compulsory course
Description
In this first course on the structural solution of buildings, the aim is for students to begin learning:
- Identification of structural problems.
- Correspondence between a structural problem and its multiple possible solutions.
- Development of models for structural problems and solutions.
- Basic concepts of structural behavior.
- Models of structural materials.
- Specific vocabulary of structural analysis.
- Introduction to analysis methods to verify equilibrium, strength, stiffness, and stability.
- Introduction to structural types.
- Correspondence between the geometry and algebra of structural problems and their solutions.
Course content
- What is structure? Model versus reality.
- Rigid solid. General equilibrium. Actions, links, and reactions.
- Fundamentals and structural requirements of the deformable solid.
- Geometry, compatibility, and failure of the deformable solid.
- Universal method of elastic analysis of the deformable solid.
- Structural solutions using cables. Analysis and strength.
- Diagrams of internal stresses.
- Analysis and strength of triangulated solutions.
- Movements and stiffness of triangulated solutions.
- Simple bending. Solid web beams. Bending strength.
- Simple bending. Solid web beams. Shear strength.
- Deformation and stiffness of solid web beams.
- Stability. Structural bracing.
Teaching planning (subject table, academic calendar, and exam schedule…)
Course coordinator
Prof. Santiago Huerta Fernández
Academic board
President: Prof. Santiago Huerta Fernández
Secretary: Prof. Almudena Majano Majano
Member: Prof. Joaquín Antuña Bernardo