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Structure
•“a system of connected parts used to support a load”
Design of Structures
•Safety
•Esthetics
•Serviceability
•Environment
•Economy
Analysis of Structures
•Strength
•Rigidity
Idealization of Structures
•Physical Model
•Mathematical Model
Fundamental of Structural Theory
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Idealization
•Physical Model
•Members
•Connections
•Supports
•Loads
•Free-body Diagrams
•System
•Member
Mathematical Model
•Equilibrium Conditions
•Compatibility Conditions
•Constitutive Relationship
Fundamental of Structural Theory
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Equilibrium conditions
Mathematical Model
Compatibility conditions
•Continuity condition
•Boundary condition
Constitutive relationship of stress and strain