1. Structure types
  2. Structure types according to their behavior
  3. Structure types according to their deformation
  4. Types of structural support elements. joints, embeddings and rollers
  5. Types of connections in metal and concrete structures

  1. Actions on structures
  2. Ultimate Limit State (ULS) and Serviceability Limit State (SLS)
  3. Calculation combinations
  4. Efforts/stresses on structures
  5. Structural design methods

  1. Bending, shearing and flexo-compression calculation
  2. Inestability types and solutions
  3. Compressive buckling
  4. Lateral torsional buckling
  5. Denting and reinforceable profiles. Criteria and solutions

  1. Applying structural concepts
  2. Deformation calculation
  3. Beam calculation
  4. Pillar calculation
  5. Frame calculation

  1. Introduction. Manufacture and types
  2. Steel for concrete
  3. Types of structural steel
  4. Galvanized steel
  5. Aluminum

  1. Types of concrete. Special types
  2. Mechanical properties of concrete
  3. Dimensioning shallow foundations
  4. Dimensioning short corbels
  5. Cracking in reinforced concrete

  1. Lumber. Properties and construction products
  2. Calculation of plug joints in wood (I). Nails
  3. Calculation of plug joints in wood (II). Staples, bolts, pins and lag screws
  4. Calculation of woodworking joints. Splices and screwless
  5. Dimensioning lumber in fire scenarios

  1. Masonry works. Bricks and blocks. Types
  2. Basis for the calculation of a mansory wall
  3. Glass. Types and dimensioning
  4. Synthetic polymers. Types and applications
  5. Structural reinforcement with fiber-made materials

  1. Introduction
  2. Materials
  3. Prestressing force. Instantaneous losses
  4. Prestressing deferred losses
  5. Calculating prestressing force in hyperstatic structures

  1. Underpass works (I). Types
  2. Underpass works (II). Acting loads
  3. Cylindrical shells. Concepts and behavior
  4. Predimensioning of cylindrical shells (I). Concept and calculation
  5. Predimensioning of cylindrical shells (II). Spandrels and edge beams

  1. Concrete tank calculation elements
  2. Concrete tank design elements. Principles applied to calculating rectangular reinforced concrete tanks
  3. Calculating a rectangular reinforced concrete tank wall. Example
  4. Principles applied to calculating cylindrical reinforced concrete tanks
  5. Principles applied to analyzing a reinforced concrete tank floor slab. Example of how a rectangular reinforced concrete tank floor slab is calculated

  1. Introduction. Design codes
  2. Types of storage tanks. Materials, joints and welds
  3. Design and calculation. Bottom and shell
  4. Calculation of fixed roofs
  5. Calculation by manometric pressure

  1. Introduction and determinants
  2. Distribution of stresses below rigid foundations
  3. Verification of failure modes for ULS
  4. Verification of bearing capacity
  5. Correction factors

  1. Bearing capacity in non-homogenous soils
  2. Bearing capacity from in situ test
  3. Bearing capacity in particular soils
  4. Bearing capacity in rock (I)
  5. Bearing capacity in rock (II)

  1. Definitions and concepts
  2. Stress distribution in the ground
  3. Settlements in granular soils
  4. Settlements in cohesive soils
  5. Other methods and other deformations

  1. Rafts
  2. Short rigid piers
  3. Machine foundations
  4. Foundation in earthquake-prone area and dynamic parameters
  5. Shallow foundations in maritime and offshore sectors

  1. Types of deep foundations. Terms. General rules of a deep foundation design
  2. Bearing capacity of a pile in soils. Basic formulation
  3. End bearing capacity in granular soils through analytical solutions
  4. End bearing capacity in cohesive soils through analytical solutions
  5. End bearing capacity in soils. In situ tests

  1. Skin friction capacity in granular soils through analytical solutions
  2. Skin friction capacity in cohesive soils through analytical solutions
  3. Skin friction capacity in granular and cohesive soils through in situ test
  4. Bearing capacity of a pile rocks
  5. Bearing capacity of a group of pile

  1. Safety coefficient. single pile and group of piles effect
  2. Structural strength
  3. Settlements in deep foundations
  4. Uplift load
  5. Dynamic formule for pile driving

  1. Verifying safety against ground failure owing to horizontal pull or pressure
  2. Negative Friction in Piles
  3. Load test in piles
  4. Choosing the type of pile
  5. Micro-piles

  1. Classical earth pressures theory. Coulomb
  2. Classical earth pressures theory. Rankine, Terzaghi
  3. Classical earth pressure theory. Lateral earth pressures coefficient
  4. Classical earth pressures theory. Winkler spring model
  5. Other calculation methods. Numerical models and equivalent fluid theory
  6. Theory. Seismic considerations

  1. Rigid walls. Gravity walls
  2. Rigid walls. Reinforced concrete walls
  3. Rigid walls. Rock walls
  4. Rigid walls. Masonry walls and segmental retaining walls

  1. Flexible walls. Gabion walls and crib walls
  2. Flexible walls. mechanically stabilized earth wall
  3. Flexible walls. Diaphragm walls
  4. Flexible walls. Pile walls
  5. Anchors
  6. Flexible walls. sheet pile walls, king post walls, trenches

  1. Other design considerations. construction procedures
  2. Other design considerations. ground movement and monitoring
  3. Other design considerations. problematic grounds
  4. Other design considerations. Design sections and groundwater flow diagram

  1. What is an earthquake? Definition, causes, and effects. World highest seismicity regions
  2. Characteristics of seismic action. The concept of PGA. Seismic levels, return periods and seismic hazard curve
  3. Response spectrum, local geology, and amplification factors. Liquefaction
  4. Structure classification
  5. Seismic activity considerations in projects. Seismic vertical action, associated mass, and seismic action combinations

  1. Introduction to modal analysis
  2. Seismic-resistant design methodology
  3. Static linear analysis (I). Equivalent lateral force method
  4. Dynamic linear analysis (II). Spectral and modal-spectral analyses
  5. Nonlinear analyses. The pushover analysis and the time-history method with accelerograms

  1. Basic design criteria in seismic areas
  2. Ductility. Behavioral factor
  3. Ductile design requirements for reinforced concrete
  4. Ductile design requirements for metal structures
  5. Displacement assessments. Seismic joints and spacing between surrounding structures
  6. Gravity and containment structures. Pseudo-static analysis. Seismic design and earth pressure equations
  7. Seismic-resistant design strategy. Dissipation Vs. Isolation

  1. Example 1. Structural design of land retaining walls
  2. Example 2. Design of reinforced concrete building. Application of Spectral-modal method
  3. Bibliography. Reference regulation and guides

  1. Industrial warehouses. Components and types
  2. Foundations
  3. Frames (I). Types
  4. Frames (II). Calculation
  5. Example of a gable frame

  1. Bracing systems. Types
  2. Roof and facade purlins. Design and calculation
  3. Roof and facade bracing. Practical examples
  4. Overhead crane (I). Introduction
  5. Overhead crane (II). Actions and calculation

  1. High-rise buildings. Introduction. General criteria
  2. Rigid frame systems
  3. Rigid core structures
  4. Tubular structures
  5. Stiffening systems for lateral stability

  1. Building structural frames
  2. Building seismic calculation (I). The simplified method
  3. Building seismic calculation (II). Example
  4. Study on wind pressure
  5. Influence of axial deformations

  1. Fundamental concepts
  2. Seating cracks
  3. Crack control
  4. Pathologies in reinforced concrete structures
  5. Wood pathologies

  1. Introduction
  2. Pathologies on roofs. General aspects
  3. Pathology in roofs according to their typologies
  4. Façade pathologies
  5. Pillars and slabs pathologies

  1. Foundation pathologies
  2. Pathologies in the substructure
  3. Pathologies in the superstructure of concrete bridges
  4. Pathologies in the superstructure of the arched fridge
  5. Pathologies in the superstructure of steel and composite bridges

  1. Underpinning in shallow foundations
  2. Repairs to concrete structures
  3. Reinforcements in concrete structures
  4. Detailed design of composite pillars
  5. Moisture and water leakage therapy