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BLD61203 Building Structure

Exercise 1: Campus Tour

Name: Daphne Tan Li Wen (BQS)

Student ID: 0329055

Steel Structure Timber Structure


Concrete Structure

Concrete Beam Glazing


Concrete Slab

Primary
Steel Beam Steel Beam
Timber
Decking

Concrete column Concrete column Steel Rafter Steel Column Secondary Steel Beam Concrete Beam

Location: Outside LT2, First Floor Location: Outsides Library, First Floor
Location: Campus Roundabout, First Floor
Description: Description:
Description:
The concrete slab carries the load from the upper From the picture above, there are combination of
The Steel beam carries the load from the
floor and transfers the load to the concrete materials which are timber, steel and concrete.
glazing roof and then transfer the load to the
beams. The beams is horizontal along it's section, The secondary beam carries the load from the
column. The glazing is also supported by the
so the stresses in beams travel along the same timber decking and supported by primary steel
steel rafter which is to support the roof deck
direction and then they gets transferred to the beam and transferred the load to the concrete
and its associated loads. Then the column
column nearby and those stresses travel in the beam. Then, the concrete beam transfer the load
transfer the load till reach the foundation.
vertical direction till next beam and the process to the columns and from the columns the load is
continues for every beam to column and till the further transferred to the foundation.
column reaches to the foundation.

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