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AARCSTRC - Module 2a. Basic Principles of Structural Design
AARCSTRC - Module 2a. Basic Principles of Structural Design
#2a COLLEGE OF
ARCHITECTURE
MODULE G ALS FLEX Course Material
Review of
the basic Basic Principles of Structural
structural
concepts
Design
applied on
beams.
AARCSTRC
Analyze the Architectural Structures
different
stresses that
(Simple Reinforced Concrete
Structures)
occur in
beams due to
the forces or
loads acting Section: ARC 202 Mon/Thurs
03:00 - 05:00 PM Lec VR10CoA
on them.
Section: ARC 203 Mon/Thurs
05:00 - 07:00 PM Lec VR10CoA
Section: ARC 205 Mon/Thurs
Understand 07:00 - 09:00 PM Lec VR07CoA
the transfer Section: ARC 204 Wed/Sat
of loads on 03:00 - 05:00 PM Lec VR10CoA
structural
members in
a given
framing plan.
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• Pictures of beams made of wood,
steel and reinforced concrete to
familiarize the students on the actual
beams in buildings.
• Simple and cantilever beams
subjected to different loads and the
INSIDE resulting shear and moment
diagrams.
• Sense of bending in beams
• Shear and moment and the
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Types of beams according to
supports
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Types of Beams (left figures) and their
behavior due to loads (right figures)
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• The wooden beams support the flooring
and the girders support the beams.
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Rigidly- Supported Beams
(Reinforced Concrete Beams)
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Rigidly- Supported Beams
(Steel Beams)
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Sense of Bending in Beams
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Important considerations in
analyzing and designing beams
designing beams
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Shear and Moment diagrams
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Behavior of the beam in each span if
simply-supported (upper figure) or
rigidly-supported (lower figure)
.
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Sample layouts of a house floor
framing plan. Arrows (left
figure)show the transfer of loads
from the flooring or deck to the
supporting beams.
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