Structure
What we build must stay in place for as long as the building exists. It must be built in such a way as to resist all the weather can throw at it, the movement of the planet, and what ever loads we apply via people, equipment and operation. This series of lectures takes a look at structure and how we as technologists apply it to our designs and detailing.
Structures have to put up with a lot, this video shows just how good the suspension bridge is taking a large coach and distributing the load.
Without a grid a buildings structure is difficult to layout, design and understand load paths, this lecture sets out the different types of structural grid and their use.
What type of Grid to use is dependant on so many variables,
A powerpoint slide presentation on the different types of structure and their use
I refer to the weather in so many lectures but in structures it plays a major part, and this lectures sets out some of the design parameters on how wind effects a detail in reference to its effect on a structure