| Topic |
Sub-topic |
| Unit 1. Introduction to the analysis and design of structures |
Objectives and development:
This theme will serve like an introduction to the structural analysis. It will present the fundamental considerations for the idealisation and the analysis of a structure, will identify the main types of structures and their elements and, finally, will describe the different types of loads in a structure.
Index:
1.1 Analysis and structural design
1.2 Classification of structures
1.3 Types of loads on structures
1.4 Idealisation of structures
1.5 Basic principles of the structural analysis |
| Unit 2. Industrial Constructions: Typology and Constructive Elements |
Objectives and development:
This theme will introduce the concept of industrial urbanism and identify the different types of structures used in industrial buildings, as well as their basic constructive elements. Also, the student will be introduced to the systems and construction processes used in industrial buildings.
Index:
2.1 General information on architecture and industrial urbanism
2.2 Types of structures in industrial buildings
2.3 Building elements: Foundations
2.4 Building elements: Beams, pillars and slabs
2.5 Building elements: Enclosures and covers |
| Unit 3. Normative frame in the calculation and design of structures and industrial constructions |
Objectives and development:
The codes currentluy in force for the design of industrial constructions and the calculation of their structures will be presented. The criteria of structural security that govern the calculation of structures in Spain and in the European Union will be studied. This includes the determination of the loads on a structure. Besides, an apporach to different criteria that must be taken into account in the design and the construction of industrial buildings: evaluation and prevention of risks in the construction phase, security of utilisation and accessibility, energy saving and use of renewable energies, healthy indoor environment, noise protection, etc.
Index:
3.1 Regulatory framework for industrial constructions
3.2 Loads
3.3 Structural security according to the CTE: verification of Limit States
3.4 Load combination
3.5 Social, environmental, security and health aspects in industrial buildings
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| Unit 4. Introduction to the design of metal structures |
Objectives and development:
The fundamentals of the design and calculation of metal structures will be explained. The main characteristics of steel structures used in industrial buildings will be presented. An introduction will be made to the sizing and verification of the main elements of steel structures.
Index:
4.1 Introduction to metal structures
4.2 Steel: classes and main characteristics
4.3 Standard steel sections
4.4 Introduction to the calculation of steel elements subjected to tensile, compression and bending forces
4.5 Introduction to design of joining elements in steel structures |
| Unit 5. Introduction to the design of concrete structures |
Objectives and development:
The main characteristics and behavior of the concrete structures used in industrial buildings will be described. The properties and applications of concrete as a construction material (bulk, reinforced and prestressed concrete) will be studied. Concrete selection and identification criteria will be introduced.
Index:
5.1 Introduction to concrete structures
5.2 Concrete: types, components and main properties
5.3 Selection and identification of concrete as a building material |
| Unit 6. Analysis of reticular structures with articulated knots |
Objectives and development:
The main features of bar structures with articulated knots will be defined and their main types will be identified. Different analytical methods will be studied to determine stresses and deformations in both isostatic and hyperstatic structures. The results obtained with this type of analysis will be related to the fundamentals of metal structures design, seen in unit 4.
Index:
6.1 Characteristics of structures with articulated knots
6.2 Analysis of isostatic structures
6.3 Analysis of hyperstatic structures
6.4 Lines of influence |
| Unit 7. Analysis of reticular structures with rigid knots |
Objectives and development:
The behavior of bar structures with rigid knots will be analysed. The fundamentals of the method of Cross of distribution of moments will be presented as tool of analysis of this type of structures. This method will be applied to determine the internal forces in hyperstatic beams and frames. The results obtained with this type of analysis will be related to the fundamentals of design of metal and concrete structures, seen in unit 4 and 5, respectively.
Index:
7.1 Characteristics of structures with rigid knots
7.2 Fundamentals of the Cross method
7.3 Analysis of hyperestatic beams using the Cross method
7.4 Analysis of frames using the Cross method |
| Unit 8. Introduction to matrix methods of structural analysis |
Objectives and development:
An introduction will be made to the matrix methods of structural analysis, commonly used in the computational analysis of structures. The fundamentals of the stiffness method will be introduced for the analysis of elementary reticular structures.
Index:
8.1 Introduction to matrix methods
8.2 Fundamentals of the stiffness method
8.3 Application of the stiffness method to the analysis of elementary bar structures
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| Unit 9. Cables and Arches |
Objectives and development:
The fundamentals of the structural analysis of cables and arches will be studied. Both the cables supporting to puntual and distributed vertical loads will be analysed. Three-Hinged arches will be studied as a basic case of the analysis of arches.
Index:
9.1 General characteristics of cables
9.2 Analysis of cables supporting vertical concentrated loads
9.3 Analysis of cables supporting vertical distributed loads
9.4 General characteristics of arches
9.5 Analysis of three-hinged arches
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| Unit 10. Singular structures on the Navy environmente |
Objectives and development:
Some of the most relevant aspects of the constructions in the units of the Navy will be discussed. Students of Navy Branch will receive applied training on the design of structures in warships, while Marine Corps students will study the design of fortifications.
Index:
10.1 Design of structures in warships
10.2 Designing fortifications |
| Practice 1. Identification and idealization of structures |
Objectives and development:
The student is expected to put into practice and consolidate the knowledge acquired in unit 1 while reviewing concepts of statics of structures previously acquired in subjects such as Physics and Elasticity and Strength of Materials. For this, different examples of real structures will be proposed to be idealised, determining their design loads and analysing their stability. n addition, this practice will be complemented by a visit to different buildings of the ENM in which students will be able to identify some of the types and structural elements studied. |
| Practice 2. Determining design loads on industrial buildings |
Objectives and development:
This practice aims to introduce the student to the management of the current regulations applicable to the design of structures. For this, an exercise is proposed in which the students must determine the loads actuating on different structural elements of an industrial warehouse. This practice is related to the first three units of the subject. |
| Practice 3. Sizing structural steel elements |
Objectives and development:
With this practice, the students are expected to complement and expand their knowledge on calculation and combination of loads, applying them to the dimensioning of different elements of steel structures. For this, the student will solve several practical cases raised by the lecturer. This practice is related to units 2, 3 and 4. |
| Practice 4. Analysis of reticular structures with articulated and rigid knots |
Objectives and development:
This practice aims to reinforce the knowledge related to units 1, 2, 6 and 7 of the subject. For this, different demonstrative assemblies of models of articulated knots and rigid knots bar structures will be made, on which the students must carry out different measurements of deformations. In addition, exercises will be solved that will reinforce the understanding of the behavior of this type of structures. |
| Practice 5. Matrix methods of structural analysis |
Objectives and development:
This practice is intended to introduce the student to the use of matrix methods for the analysis of structures. A series of exercises will be solved through the programing of the stiffness method in a Matlab-type software. This is a practice related to unit 8. |
| Practice 6. Introduction to the use of professional structural calculation software |
Objectives and development:
In this practical session, the student will be introduced to the management of professional structural calculation programs with a dual objective: i) to promote the consolidation of basic knowledge on design and calculation of structures acquired throughout the course; ii) show the possibilities offered by a professional structure calculation software. There will be a brief presentation of the software available at the center (Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis) and the sizing of different structural elements and simple structures will be carried out
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| Practice 7. Social, environmental, safety and health aspects in the design and construction of industrial buildings |
Objectives and development:
Students, working in groups of three to five people, must present and defend a work on different social, environmental, safety and health aspects that according to the Technical Building Code and other reference regulations must be taken into account in the design and the construction of industrial buildings. These works will be raised by the lecturers of the subject during the teaching of unic 3. The result of this practice will be evaluated within the Group Work item (TG), according to what is established in the Assesment item of this teaching guide. |
