Title 1. Types of Structures and Loads.pdf ✅

STRUCTURAL THEORY_CE 236-236L-T HISTORY OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS Egyptians In 3000 B.C.E., Egyptian Imhotep who built the great step pyramid of Sakkara referred to as the world’s first structural engineer. Greeks built some magnificent structures, their contributions to structural theory were few and far between Pythagoras famous for the right angle theorem that bears his name. This theorem actually was known by the Sumerians in about 2000 B.C.E. Archimedes developed some fundamental principles of statics and introduced the term center of gravity Romans excellent builders and very competent in using certain structural forms such as semicircular masonry arches. Hindu-Arabic Development of Hindu- Arabic system of numbers 600 C.E the Hindus invented the symbol sunya (meaning empty), which we call zero.
STRUCTURAL THEORY_CE 236-236L-T HISTORY OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS Greeks built some magnificent structures, their contributions to structural theory were few and far between Pythagoras famous for the right angle theorem that bears his name. This theorem actually was known by the Sumerians in about 2000 B.C.E. Archimedes developed some fundamental principles of statics and introduced the term center of gravity Romans excellent builders and very competent in using certain structural forms such as semicircular masonry arches. Hindu-Arabic Development of Hindu- Arabic system of numbers 600 C.E the Hindus invented the symbol sunya (meaning empty), which we call zero. 8 th Century C.E. the Arabs learned the numbering system from the scientific writings of the Hindus.