After successful completion of the course, students are able to recognize, analyze and understand load-bearing structures of components, buildings and technical systems in general.
The ability to select suitable materials and to develop and optimize appropriate load-bearing systems for the task at hand are essential

Course contents are in particular

- Building materials and their properties including their ecological indicators
- Actions on structures
- Forces and derived from them cable and arch structures, bending structures as beam and sheet structures
- Cross-section-related actions and resistances, such as stress and strain
- serviceability of structures (deformation, vibration)
- parametric modeling and optimization of structures, evaluation criteria

Lecture and exercises

+++Mandatory introductory course in the first semester of the Master Curriculum Building Sciences and Environment+++

+++Course can only be attented by Students enrolled in the programme+++

+++Lecture in english language.+++

Schedule: to be announced

Written and/or oral examinations

None