Table of Contents

Forces loads.- Loadbearing structures and statics.- Force.- External forces: Statical system, Effects, Design load, Force impact forms, Bearings, Reaction forces.- Internal forces: Normal force, Lateral force, Bending moment, Connections between internal forces, Load cases.- Dimensioning: Strength, Moment of resistance, Moment of inertia, Shear stress.- Building components.- Cantilever, single-span girder, single-span girder with cantilever.- Continuous girder.- Cantilever girder.- Underslung girder.- Framework.- Slab.- Support.- Cable.- Arch.- Frame.- Loadbearing structures.- Fundamentals.- Solid construction.- Skeleton construction.- Reinforced constructions.- Halls.- Shoring.- Foundation.- Afterword.- Appendix.- Predimensioning formulae.- Further reading.- List of illustrations.

About the Author

Alfred Meistermann, TU Braunschweig, architect based in Berlin (www.meistermann-schmaling.de).