Dartmouth College
The Engineering of Structures Around Us Specialization
Dartmouth College

The Engineering of Structures Around Us Specialization

Explore how engineers design and build structures.

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Vicki May

Instructor: Vicki May

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What you'll learn

  • How and why the world's structures (including structures in the natural and biological world) were designed and constructed the way they were

  • To conceptually design and build prototypes of structures

  • To describe the loads expected on a structure and the resulting flow of forces through the structure

  • To identify and compare structural elements, forms, and systems

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Engineering of Structures: Tension

Course 113 hours4.9 (34 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Define tension

  • Recognize the role of ropes and cables in sustaining tension

  • Identify the definitions of the key glossary terms related to tension

  • Recognize the role of funicular forms in structures

What you'll learn

  • Define compression

  • Identify the definitions of the key glossary terms related to compression

  • Recognize the role of a column in resisting compression

  • Recognize the role of an arch in resisting compression

What you'll learn

  • Identify the definitions of the key glossary terms related to tension and compression

  • Recognize why tensegrity structures and sculptures are different from other structures

  • Recognize where tension and compression is in different types of trusses

  • Recognize what determinancy is and how does it apply to trusses

What you'll learn

  • Identify the definitions of the key glossary terms related to shear and bending

  • Define beams

  • Identify different types of beams

  • Define shear and tension forces

Engineering of Structures: Response of Structures

Course 516 hours5.0 (26 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the definitions of the key glossary terms related to overall response of structures

  • Identify types of loads on structures

  • Recognize how do we model larger structures

  • Recognize the role of Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) systems

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Vicki May
Dartmouth College
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