Know the different types of structural supports.
Understand the different types of structural systems.
Apply the different types of loads.
Determine the stability and determinacy of structures.
Determine internal forces at different sections of structure.
The course introduces an overview of Types of structures and supports. Types of loads. Condition of static stability calculations of reactions. Definition of internal forces (normal force, shear forces, bending moments and twisting moments). internal forces in the horizontal beams (cantilevers, simple beams, overhanging beams, Compound beams), Frames and Trusses.
• El-Dakkakhni, “Theory of Structures, Dar Al-Maaref, Cairo, 2000.
• W. F. Chen and E. M. Lui, \”Handbook of Structural Engineering,\” 2nd Ed, CRC Press, 2005.