Structures
Structure
A structure usually refers to any large, man-made object permanently fixed to Earth's surface or in its orbit, as a result of construction. These are divided into buildings and nonbuilding structures, and make up the infrastructure of a human society. There are also animal-built structures, such as anthills and beaver dams.
Structures built by humans are broadly divided into categories because of their varying design approaches and standards:
- Residential buildings
- Commercial buildings and complexes
- Industrial buildings, sites and installations
- Civil constructions
- Network infrastructure constructions
What are you going to learn?:
- Forces. Definition and example of forces
- Structures. Structure Definition and Loads.
- Loads and efforts a structure can bear
- Main types of stresses. Slides
- Structural conditions
- Stability
- Resistance
- Rigidity
- Triangulated structures
Activities that have to be included in the notebook:
- Unit's Outline
- Activity 2 on page 92
- Activities 4 on page 93
- Activities 7, 10 on page 94
- Activities 12 on page 95
- Revision Activities 1 ,2 on page 112
- Unit summary on page 110
