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Structural Design Essentials
General design info
1. The design process
2. General loads
2.1. Structural safety
2.2. Loads and limit states
2.3. Permanent loads
2.4. Variable loads 1: buildings
2.5. Variable loads 2: wind
2.6. Variable loads 3: rain and snow
2.7. Variable loads 4: special
2.8. Deformation limits
3. General mechanics
3.1. Symbols, quantities and units
3.2. Cross sectional quantitites
3.3. Mechanic formulas
3.4. Forget-me-nots
3.5. Beams with multiple supports
4. General drawing
4.1. Technical drawings
4.2. Architectural drawings
4.3. Line types
Basic properties
5. Mechanical properties of materials
6. Sustainable properties of materials
7. Concrete
7.1. Material characteristics
7.2. Reinforcement
7.3. Products 1: floors
7.4. Products 2: beams
7.5. Products 3: columns
7.6. Concrete construction applications
8. Steel
8.1. Material characteristics
8.2. Products 1: hot-rolled sections
8.3. Products 2: cold-rolled sections
8.4. Products 3: welded sections
8.5. Explanation cross sectional properties
8.6. Section tables
8.7. Castellated beams
8.8. Integrated beams
8.9. Hollow sections
8.10. Hollow sections and trusses
9. Timber
9.1. Material characteristics timber
9.2. Products
9.3. Section tables
Design guidelines
10. Concrete
10.1. Spans in concrete
10.2. Concrete - rules of thumb
10.3. Reinforcement tables
10.4. Bubbledeck floors
10.5. Composite floors
10.6. Hollow core slabs
10.7. Precast concrete planks
10.8. Prefab prestressed beams
10.9. Bridge beams
10.10. Moment normal force interaction
10.11. 3D Connections
11. Steel
11.1. Spans in steel
11.2. Rules of thumb
11.3. Connections (matrix)
11.4. Connections
11.5. 3D Connections
11.6. Buckling
12. Timber
12.1. Spans in timber
12.2. Rules of thumb and details
12.3. Connection elements
12.4. 3D Connections
12.5. Trusses and joints
13. Foundations
13.1. Design guide
13.2. Foundation methods 1, slab foundations
13.3. Foundation methods 2, pile foundations
13.4. Tables
Calculation examples
14. Safety
14.1. Reliability index
\(\beta\)
14.2. Concrete and steel calculation exercise 2023-2024
15. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
15.1. Lecture exercise
15.2. Simplified LCA tool
15.3. Simplified LCA tool: Octatube comparison
15.4. The Structural Carbon Tool
16. Concrete
16.1. Global dimensioning beam
16.2. Global dimensioning column
17. Steel
17.1. Global dimensioning beam
17.2. Global dimensioning column
17.3. Global dimensioning cantilever beam
17.4. Global dimensioning truss beam
18. Timber
18.1. Pre-design of timber hall
18.2. Columns
Drawing examples
19. Concrete
20. Steel
21. Timber
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