This document provides an overview of a course on building construction and materials offered at Future University in Egypt. It discusses different structural forms including solid, surface, skeletal, and membrane structures. It also covers structural forms found in nature like trees and shells as well as man-made structures like buildings and bridges. Additionally, it outlines different structural materials that can be isotropic like metals, or anisotropic like timber, concrete, and plastics. Finally, it notes the basic structural elements are linear components like columns and beams, surface elements such as walls and slabs, and spatial elements including the facade envelope and core.

1. FUE - Future University in Egypt
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Department of Architectural Engineering
ARC 341: Building Construction and
Materials (3)
Spring 2019
Instructor:
Dr. Yasser Mahgoub
Introduction

2. Structural form
Structures take one of four basic forms which may exist singly or in
combination.
• Solid
An homogeneous mass structure where the external surface is independent
of the internal form - a three-dimensional solid body
• Surface
An homogeneous surface where the external and internal forms are similar -
a two-dimensional panel
• Skeletal
A framework where the assembly of members gives a clear indication of the
form usually using one-dimensional elements
• Membrane
A flexible sheet material sometimes reinforced with linear tension elements
used either as single cables or as a cable net. A variation is the pneumatic
where air under pressure is contained by a tension membrane skin
• Hybrid
A combination of two of the above forms of near equal dominance

4. Structural form in nature
• Human and animal skeletons
• Birds' wings
• fish
• flowers
• Honeycombs
• Leaves
• Plants
• Rock caves
• Shellfish
• Snails
• Snowflakes
• Spiders' webs
• Trees

5. Structural form - man-made
• Aeroplanes
• Bicycles
• Bridges
• Buildings
• Cars
• Clothes
• Cranes
• Dams
• Engines
• Fabrics
• Fastenings
• Furniture
• Musical instruments
• Packaging
• Pottery
• Roads
• Sculpture (3-D art)
• Ships and ~achts
• Sports gear
• Technical instruments
• Tents
• Tools
• Toys
• Tunnels
• Wheels

6. Structural form - man-made
• Aeroplanes
• Bicycles
• Bridges
• Buildings
• Cars
• Clothes
• Cranes
• Dams
• Engines
• Fabrics
• Fastenings
• Furniture
• Musical instruments
• Packaging
• Pottery
• Roads
• Sculpture (3-D art)
• Ships and ~achts
• Sports gear
• Technical instruments
• Tents
• Tools
• Toys
• Tunnels
• Wheels

7. Structural form - man-made
• Aeroplanes
• Bicycles
• Bridges
• Buildings
• Cars
• Clothes
• Cranes
• Dams
• Engines
• Fabrics
• Fastenings
• Furniture
• Musical instruments
• Packaging
• Pottery
• Roads
• Sculpture (3-D art)
• Ships and ~achts
• Sports gear
• Technical instruments
• Tents
• Tools
• Toys
• Tunnels
• Wheels

8. Structural materials
• Isotropic
• Providing equal performance in all
directions in both tension and
compression
• Metals
• Including steel, aluminum, bronze,
titanium etc.

9. Structural materials
• Anisotropic
• Providing differing performances
in different directions and i n
compression and tension
• Timber
• Different values for compression
and tension. Different values for
load parallel and perpendicular to
the grain.

10. Structural materials
• Anisotropic
• Providing differing performances
in different directions and i n
compression and tension
• Concrete and masonry
• Good in compression, poor in
tension. Steel reinforcement
provides the tension element in
reinforced concrete.

11. Structural materials
• Anisotropic
• Providing differing performances
in different directions and i n
compression and tension
• Plastics and reinforced plastics
• Usually stronger in tension than
compression. A very wide range of
performance according to type of
plastic and reinforcement.

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Basic Structural Elements
• The basic structural elements can be reduced to those which are:
• Linear
– Columns
– Beams

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Basic Structural Elements
• The basic structural elements can be reduced to those which are:
• Surface
– Walls
– Slabs

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Basic Structural Elements
• The basic structural elements can be reduced to those which are:
• Spatial
– Facade Envelope
– Core
– Building as System

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