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The Engineering Mechanics Series
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Hi friends, The Engineering Mechanics series is out now! Engineering Mechanics is one of the first things you learn in uni. For good reason. It's the foundation of structural engineering. But there's a problem: University teachers often don't show students where in structural engineering these principles are used. For example, I was never shown in all these mechanics courses that a simply supported beam can be a pedestrian bridge or that a frame is used for many 10m span reinforced concrete bridges and warehouses. I first understood how important engineering mechanics principles are in my first design classes (reinforced concrete, timber and steel course) which was in my 5th semester. That's exactly what I show and teach in the Engineering Mechanics series. Below, you'll find a list of all 17 episodes. You can access all episodes of the Engineering Mechanics series and the Reinforced Concrete series through the Structural Basics membership (click here to open). Additionally, you'll get 30% off Loads on Residential Buildings and all future products.
Summary of the Engineering Mechanics SeriesBelow you can see which articles you can access for free and which once you can access when you join the Structural Basics members community (=paid):
And we also covered some more advanced fundamentals like:
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Hi friends, Today we'll design a timber column. The 4 Steps To Verify Timber Columns According To Eurocode Let's use the center column of the canopy structure that we also used in the last episodes as an example to show the calculation steps. Step #1: Define the material properties of the timber element We first define the material properties of the timber column. In this tutorial, we'll use C24 as the timber material. For small structures like this which aren't exposed to big loads, C24 is...
Hi friends, In the last weeks, we learned all the basics of timber design. Today we'll design the first timber element: a timber beam. Also, I wanted to thank you guys for your support with Module #2. I hope it'll help you in your engineerng journey and if you have any suggestions of making it better, please reach out! After having received so much good feedback already about Module #1 and #2, I have already started with Module #3: Structural Design of Reinforced Slabs and Walls of a...
Hi friends, Just a quick reminder: It's 1 week out until the launch of Module #2: Structural Design of a Residential Timber Roof. I will send you an email with more information about the e-book on Saturday. I already said it in last weeks e-mail, but here it is again: I am super excited to share this e-book with you. I am smiling while I am writing this. Currently, I am working on the last few things that need to be done for the launch: Product page, description writing, pictures, launch...