Learning Objectives: Learn about the methods of form finding in A&E; Schlaich's invention with cables; Equilibrium an novel structural forms; Virlogeux's forms and innovations
Keywords: cable net, footbridge, titanium, efficiency, elegance, movable bridge, girder bridge, arch bridge, verticals
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Description: Themes: Second Chicago School: Myron Goldsmith, Bruce Graham, and Fazlur Khan; Collaboration in tall building design at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill; Khan's evolution of form for steel tall buildings.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Describe the evolution of tall…
Learning Objectives: Learn about the history, aesthetics, and development of cable-stayed (CS) bridges; contrasting them with suspension bridges; challenges and solutions in multi-span CS bridges
Keywords: cable-stayed bridges, pylon, deck, cable, load path, cable system, tension, compression,…
Learning Objectives: Conditions that give rise to innovation in structure, engineering role of structural innovation in the skyscrabper, the birth of the steel 'skeletal' skyscraper form, structural art of buildings
Keywords: buttress, moment frame, braced frame, knee braced/arched, lateral, wind
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Keywords: statics, teamwork, quiz, moment, balance, load path, tension, compression, free body diagrams, equilibrium, eiffel tower, cantilever bridge
Description: Themes: Earthquake loads as an element to consider in the lateral design of tall buildings; Techniques employed to mitigate effects of earthquakes; Ethical question of addressing a significant design flaw in an occupied building; Ethical question of designing structures that are publically funded.
Description: Themes: Gustave Eiffel, James Eads, and Benjamin Baker as structural artists; Relationship between form and forces in a structure; Understanding the types of loads structures carry.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Critique the design of a railroad bridge on the…
Learning Objectives: 1. Prepare students for writing their civil engineering critique essay. 2. Explore the art of persuasion. 3. Practice crafting thesis statements. 4. Emphasize ASCE reference format. 5. Go over details of essay assignment.
Keywords: engineering critique, technical writing, thesis…
Description: Themes: Second Chicago School: Myron Goldsmith, Bruce Graham, and Fazlur Khan; Collaboration in tall building design at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill; Khan's evolution of form for concrete tall buildings.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Describe some efficient…
Description: Themes: Félix Candela's evolution as a structural artist; Imitation and innovation of observed thin-shell forms; From master builder to structural artist.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Define the hyperbolic paraboloid (hypar) and why Candela favored this form;…
Description: Themes: Historical context: post-World War II desire for European integration and the European Coal and Steel Community; Laurent Ney's exploration with different forms and development into a structural artist. Ney's major works of structural art
Learning Objectives: Students…
Learning Objectives: Learn about the origins of prestressed concrete (PC) and Fressinet's story; Finsterwalder's advancements in PC bridges; Precast PC and America's Walnut Lane Bridge; Fallingwater, a historic preservation enabled through PC
Keywords: prestressed concrete, structural art, concrete,…
Learning Objectives: Focus on buildings as energy consumers; learn the historical techniques for passive ventilation and Hassan Fathy; learn about green roofs and how they moderate temperature and rainwater conservation; Kenneth Yeang's green skyscraper
Keywords: green, sustainability, LEED, green…
Description: Themes: Heinz Isler as a master builder and structural artist; Emphasis on "natural" forms: pneumatic, hanging, extrusion/flow; Isler's masterpieces: uninterrupted thin shell structures.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Identify who and what was a stimulus to Isler…
Learning Objectives: To look at what the future has in store with regards to structural art and see how everything is evolving
Keywords: future, skyscraper, structural system, limits, economic, symbolic, critic, suspension bridge, dead load ratio, stiffness, elements, features, roles, limits, stress,…
Keywords: suspension bridge, aesthetics, stiffness, deck, support forms, cables, scientific function, structural elements, tension, compression, FBD, safety factor
Keywords: suspension bridge, aesthetics, stiffness, deck, support forms, cables, scientific, social, symbolic
Learning Objectives: Learn about the tension between architectural and structural expression in buildings, Fazlur Khan's expression of structure in buildings, stiffness in skyscrapers
Keywords: skyscraper, architectural expression, structural expression, stiffness, load path, lateral force, bracing,…
Description: Themes: Pierre Lardy's mentorship of Christian Menn; Menn's improvement on Maillart's designs using newfound knowledge of prestressed concrete; Menn's evolution of form in the Feslenau, Ganter and Sunniberg Bridges.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Examine new…
Description: Themes: Post World War II German bridge forms; Back-anchored and self-anchored suspension bridges; Structural honesty in design: forms derived from their structural behavior; Discipline and play: play as an exploration of varied structural forms.
Learning Objectives: Students…
Learning Objectives: Learn about the hollow box arch after Salginatobel; the bridges by Menn and Maillart's influence; Menn's long span (hollow box girder) arches; prestressing and deck-stiffening; the Ganter Bridge; Menn's cable-stayed bridges
Keywords: hollow box arch, long span arch, prestressed…
Learning Objectives: Learn about the contrast of structural discipline and play; new material of Dieste's prestressed thin shell brick; Isler's thin shells, pneumatic shells, experimental discipline, free form furnicular shapes, and ice shells
Keywords: prestressed brick, reinforced brick, reinforced…
Learning Objectives: Learn about the role of code and zoning regulations, about modern NYC skyscrapers, architecture, and structure.
Keywords: protoskyscraper, skyscraper, transfer girder, transfer system, gravity, load path, tension, compression, connections, bridging
Description: Themes: Historical Context: the development of Othmar Ammann as a structural artist; Wilhem Ritter and Gustave Lindenthal's influence on Ammann; Two of New York's significant bridges: The Bayonne and Goerge Washington bridges.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to:…
Description: Themes: Pier Luigi Nervi's use of rib-patterned shells; Pre-cast concrete elments and ferrocement in Nervi's structures.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Describe Nervi's aesthetic and its connection to his Italian heritage; Define the construction methods…
Learning Objectives: Learn about new materials and new structural forms; the scientific functions of reinforced concrete and the 3-hinged arch; the evolution of form in the concrete hollow box arches of RM; bending moments and the form of the Salginatobel Bridge
Keywords: reinforced concrete, masonry,…
Learning Objectives: Learn about roof vault approaches in various countries; economy of labor vs efficiency of materials; complexity of analysis vs. complexity of form; concrete shells and stiffness
Keywords: curvature, stiffness, roof, one direction, strength, roof vault, rib, double curvature, form,…
Description: From the course, "Introduction to Civil Engineering"
Learning Objectives: 1. Explore towers as structural systems. 2. Introduce masonry and metal as construction materials. 3. Discuss the evolution and inspiration of structure…
Keywords: cast iron, acqueduct, cast iron, arch, bridge, wrought iron, suspension bridge
Description: The Social (Social Sciences), Symbolic (Humanities), and the Scientific (Engineering/Math/Physics) are all explored when we attempt to learn more about critique the built world. In comparing two memorial monuments in two cities there can be seen many similarities, but also some key differences. Completed within 4…
Description: Themes: Origins of thin concrete vaulted forms in Germany and the US; Mathematical versus experience driven thin shell construction; Franz Dischinger, Ulrich Finsterwalder, and Anton Tedesko; Right form versus wrong form in thin-shell construction.
Learning Objectives: Students…
Description: Themes: Conceptual development for the design of the Golden Gate Bridge; Social story of the Golden Gate bridge; Joseph Strauss' role in the construction of the bridge; Charles Anton Ellis, Leon Moissieff, and Othmar Ammann as consultants of design and construction.
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Description: Themes: Crafted versus engineered construction; Structura generations form versus aesthetics generates form; Parallels between the Gothic Catehdral and the early tall buildings.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Describe the main components of Gothic Cathedrals;…
Description: Themes: Evolution of prestressed concrete from reinforced concrete; Eugene Freyssinet's study of large-span reinforced concrete arches and concrete ""creep""; Gustave Magnel's Sclayn Bridge and Walnut Lane Bridge; Ulrich Finsterwalder takes prestressed concrete to a new level with Mangfall Bridge and the cantilever…
Description: Themes: Role of reinforced concrete in Robert Maillart's famous works; Maillart's early evolution of form: Stauffacher, Zuoz, Tavanasa, and Salginatobel bridges; Maillart's process of improvement on his structures throughout his career.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able…
Description: Themes: Historical context for the beginning of structural engineering as a discipline; Thomas Telford and his works; Early evolution of building material.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Show how definitions and ideals of structural art began; Contrast the works…
Description: Themes: The influence of the economic and political climate on engineering works; The dangers of the Bilbao effect and the importance of socially responsible design; Flow of forces in a tied arch bridge and a cable stayed bridge; Characteristics of a bridge hero; The roles of discipline and play in successful…
Learning Objectives: Learn about the excellence in bridge innovation and how the Swiss approached it; Ritter's research, teaching, and role in Maillart's arches; the constructional evolution of the deck-stiffened arch using Maillart's approach and how they relate to structural art; Maillart's arches vs. USA arches and optimal…
Description: Themes: Elastic and deflection theory in long-span suspension bridges; Lessons of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge failure; Historical perspective in designing new works of structural engineering.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Examine the effects of wind on long span…