The Chartership Forum

Structural Behaviour

Read how structures move and carry load. Compare your predictions with the illustrated response.

Available course · 18 modules
  1. 1Structural behaviour as a visual language
  2. 2Equilibrium, reactions and load paths
  3. 3Stability, mechanisms and determinacy
  4. 4Stiffness, continuity and compatibility
  5. 5Qualitative behaviour of beams
  6. 6Continuous beams and support changes
  7. 7Qualitative behaviour of frames
  8. 8Trusses, arches, cables and structural forms
  9. 9Three-dimensional behaviour and grids
  10. 10Virtual work and deformation
  11. 11The flexibility method
  12. 12The stiffness method
  13. 13Moment distribution
  14. 14Plastic behaviour and collapse
  15. 15Slab behaviour and yield-line thinking
  16. 16Influence lines and moving loads
  17. 17Structural modelling and software checking
  18. 18Integrated structural judgement

Course references
  • David Brohn, Understanding Structural Analysis — curriculum reference; no affiliation or endorsement implied
  • The Chartership Forum Structural Analysis Fundamentals — numerical methods and derivations