Clase 7- SISTEMAS ESTRUCTURALES. Clasificación de las Estructuras

Good day, today we're going to look at the topic of structural systems. To begin talking about structures, the first thing we're going to do is [Music] define what a structure is. In this case, any structure is a set of relationships that the parts of a whole maintain with each other. We can also define what a

system is, since we're going to talk about structural systems. A system is a complex object whose parts or components are related to at least some of the other components. A system can be material or conceptual. In our case, since we're going to talk about structures, to be a material system, going back to what

any structure is, which is a set of relationships, a set of relationships that hold together the parts of a whole, a structure is a system because, let's look at the definition of a system, it tells us about parts or components. That is to say, when we talk about a structure, we're not talking about something isolated,

but rather a set of elements joined together. Now, a resistant structure, which is what concerns us in this class, we can define as a set of solid, resistant elements linked together, designed to receive, balance, and resist the action of the forces acting on the building. The actions on the structure, that is, the acting forces, we can

differentiate the In terms of permanent loads, which are what I 'm teaching you about, the self-weight of the structure and accidental loads, we can find accidental loads inside the building, such as people, furniture, and vehicles, in the case of a garage in a building, as well as external actions that could be winds

acting on the building, earthquakes, seismic movements, or even snow, say, a liter of snow, for example. These are permanent loads. In this image, you see the columns, which are fixed elements. A structure, which consists of the floors formed by beams and slabs, each of these levels are permanent elements; they don't move, so they will constitute the self-weight