Building engineering and architecture

The purpose is the design of structures of architectural works. The concepts of safety and durability. Critical investigation of the evaluation and planning of actions, resistances, and structural safety. The choice of structural forces: study of some examples and structural typologies, analysing the process of the design choices. Techniques and structural theory for the purposes of design using: a) Reinforced and pre-stressed cement, steel: thermic effects, viscous effects, effects of material fatigue, states of multiple tension, states of cohesion. Concrete fractures theory. Outlines of new materials. b) Bi-dimensionl structural planes (slabs and sheets) and curves (thin vaults). Elastic analysis. c) Linear structures (curtains): evaluation of safety at the final limit of global collapse. d) Three dimensional structural elements. e) Mixed structures. Concrete - concrete, concrete - steel Il Interaction between the ground and the structure. g) Structural consolidation.