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The course will initially deal with the study of the principles of operation of structures, the analysis of load flows and the contribution within the resisting system of its elements. Then the problem of modeling and evaluation of actions, particularly gravity loads, wind actions, and seismic actions at foundations and floors, will be covered. The part of the course devoted to the calculation of steel structures will cover the following topics: the characteristics of structural steels; the classification of sections according to standards; the capacity at the elastic limit of sections stressed by centered normal force, simple bending, tensile- or presso-bending and shear; plastic capacity; and hints at buckling. In dealing with the problem of calculating wood structures, the following topics will be covered: the characteristics of solid wood and glulam; influence of moisture and duration of loading; the capacity at the elastic limit of sections stressed by centered normal force, simple bending, tensile- or presso-bending, and shear; compression orthogonal to the fibers; hints at buckling; the instantaneous and infinite-time limit state. This will be followed by an introduction to the theory of safety and the semi-probabilistic limit state method implemented in Italian technical regulations for performance checks of structures. Finally, some case studies will be examined in which the problem of frame design will be addressed.