CM 200

Statics for Building Construction

This course is designed to engage students curiosities of structural concepts in an easily understandable manner using examples found in building construction. Students will become involved in the discovery of fundamental structural static concepts that encompass architecture & building construction; forces, moments, equilibrium, support conditions, and free body diagrams. Participants of this course will analyze and design beams and trusses using resultants and equivalent force systems, method of joints and method of sections. Participants will create shear and moment diagrams to interpret real world loading examples. To see the implications of statics in the built environment there is a heavy emphasis on illustrations and modeling exercises to link the structural theory to building practices and the basic structural components used in everyday construction.

Units: 3.0