Structural Design I
The courses Structural Design I and II explain the fundamentals of how structures function. These courses put great emphasis on studying the relationship between the form of a structure and the internal forces within it by means of graphic statics.
Graphic Statics
The basics of graphic statics are practiced with simple cable structures. The first exercise showed how to combine resp. exclude forces and how to create an equilibrium. This exercise is a deepening of graphical methods, again with cable structures. Dimensioning is also introduced using various examples.
Graphic Statics
The dual drawings, the form diagram and the force diagram, consist of a number of conventions. In the following document these are listed in detail:
2.1 Form Diagram – Subsystem – Force Diagram
Analysis – Form-Finding
On the second and third pages of the exercise, the difference between a given structure to be analyzed, and a situation where the structure has to be found first is discussed. In the first example, the force follows the form, while in the form-finding the form follows the force.
2.3 Comparison: Analysis – Form-Finding
2.4 Form-Finding: Step by step
Dimensioning
Dimensioning is understood to be the specification of the properties of the material to be used. The aim of dimensioning is to determine the necessary and optimum magnitude or load capacity of a component.
- AUFGABE – Übung 02
- LÖSUNG – Übung 02
- TASK – Exercise 02
- SOLUTION – Exercise 02
- 2.1 Lageplan – Subsystem – Kräfteplan
- 2.1 Form Diagram – Subsystem – Force Diagram
- 2.2 Form gegeben: Schritt für Schritt
- 2.2 Analysis: Step by step
- 2.3 Vergleich: Form gegeben – Form gesucht
- 2.3 Comparison: Analysis – Form-Finding
- 2.4 Form gesucht: Schritt für Schritt
- 2.4 Form-Finding: Step by step
- 2.5 Dimensionierung
- 2.5 Dimensioning
- 2.6 Formelblatt
- 2.6 Formulary
