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    Course description

    • RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

      For this course is recommended to have previous knowledge on these subjects:

      • Mathematics
      • Physics
      • Mechanic-physics
      • Mechanic of buildings
       
      BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE

      The course “Introduction to Building Structures” has been elaborated from the educational material that the professor PhD. Alfonso del Río Bueno has developed in these last years at the Technical School of Architecture of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

      The aim of this course is the introduction in building structures of the students. This course is about simple trusses. The main objectives of this course are that at the end, the students are able (i) to recognize and build models of simple trusses, (ii) to calculate loads, reactions and axial forces and (iii) to estimate local deformations and movements in specific points.

       
      OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

      This Course is designed for the students to achieve the following skills:

      • To be able of recognize the typical trusses in buildings.
      • To be familiar with structural models and be able to understand and to build models with hinge joints and restriction nodes.
      • To be able of calculate the loads, reactions and axial forces of trusses structures.
      • To get the knowledge of the fundamental principles of the mechanical behavior of materials.
      • To be able to calculate the deformations and movements of trusses structures.

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    Content of the course

    • This course is composed of fourteen subject-matters defined below:

      1. Trusses in buildings
      2. Models: joints and restrictions
      3. Statical analysis
      4. Pararell-chords truss: loads and axial forces
      5. Non-pararell chords truss: loads and axial forces
      6. Non-pararell chords truss: alternative solution
      7. Comparison between different solutions
      8. Three-hinged trusses: vertical loads
      9. Three-hinged trusses: horizontal loads
      10. Ultimate limit states
      11. Serviceability limit states
      12. Virtual Work Principle (VWP)
      13. VWP: Deformations and movements
      14. VWP: Temperature change deformations

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    Course material

      • Subject 1 (PDF)
        Trusses in buildings
      • Subject 2 (PDF)
        Models: joints and restrictions
      • Subject 3 (PDF)
        Statical analysis
      • Subject 4 ( PDF)
        Pararell-chords truss: loads and axial forces
      • Subject 5 ( PDF)
        Non-pararell chords truss: loads and axial forces
      • Subject 6 ( PDF)
        Non-pararell chords truss: alternative solution
      • Subject 7 ( PDF)
        Comparison between different solutions
      • Subject 8 ( PDF)
        Three-hinged trusses: vertical loads
      • Subject 9 ( PDF)
        Three-hinged trusses: horizontal loads
      • Subject 10 (PDF)
        Ultimate limit states
      • Subject 11 (PDF)
        Serviceability limit states
      • Subject 12 (PDF)
        Virtual Work Principle (VWP)
      • Subject 13 (PDF)
        VWP: Deformations and movements
      • Subject 14 ( PDF)
        VWP: Temperature change deformations

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