| Educational guide Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura |
english |
| Bachelor's Degree in Architecture (2010) |
 Subjects |
| SINGULAR STRUCTURES |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | SINGULAR STRUCTURES | Code | 22204218 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 4 | Optional | 2Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| LESSON 1: TENSILE STRUCTURES |
Ecology and structural efficiency Geometrical principles: double inverse curvature Elements and materials Balance of internal forces and external reactions Self-balanced structures Short history: works, projects and patents |
| TEMA 2: COMPRESSION STRUCTURES | Geometrical principles Elements and materials Inestabilities Aplications at contemporany and future architecture |
| LESSON 3: TIMBER STRUCTURES | Types and mechanical properties of material Service and ultimate conditions Structural types Bonds and details Reinforcement of existig structures |
| LESSON 4: STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS IN RESTORATION WORKS | Underpinning of existing foundations Excavations and emptying of cavities under existing buildings Preservations of free-standing facanes during construction works. Transference structures and replacement of structural walls by steel frame structures. |
