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STRUCTURES - Coggle Diagram
STRUCTURES
TYPES OF STRUCTURES
Frame structrures
Shell structures
Arch
Mix and match
Mass structures
Susupension structures
WHAT IS A STRUCTURE?
A structure is a group of elements united to support a
load with stability.
ELEMENTS OF THE STRUCTURES
An element is “the simplest part of the whole”.
UNIONS
The structural elements must be united to each other.
The structure is often united to the floor/ground.
Non-permanent unions
Permanent unions
FORCES
A successful structure supports all the forces that act on it.
Compression
Tension
Shear
Torsion
Bending