A Scheme Guide to Quadratic Forms in Structural Engineering. (P. 100-105)

Un Esquema Guía sobre las Formas Cuadráticas en la Ingeniería Estructural. (P. 100-105)

Abstract

The author of this short article wants
refer to certain considerations about
principles of structural engineering and
methodologies that were very useful in the
past (19th century and part of the 20th century) and that,
In recent research, using
special degree works, have demonstrated
its validity in the optimization process
flexotorsional of building structures. He
having followed this path of research has
was able to reveal new employment possibilities
of those old ideas, but this time using
the enormous possibilities of working with

virtual structural models for
develop optimization methodologies
usable in modern structural praxis. In
In a certain way, it has been found that the
old geometric paths still have a place
in modern structural thought
Let's start with the postulates that
a long time ago, they appeared at the beginning
of every text on structural analysis, before the
development and massive use of Matrix Calculus
of Structures and the emergence of programs
of comprehensive analysis and design.