1. Building Structural Systems
Lecture (2)
Building Structural Systems
DR: Ahmed Afifi
Ass. Teacher: Ahmed Said

2. Non-structural elements
The walls: They are made of masonry or brick and are used to fill the openings between columns.
Doors and windows: They are made of different materials such as wood, steel, glass and so on.
Floor finishing: Tiles of ground as ceramic or wood covering
Wall finishing: Painting, plastering, wall paper and so on.

3. Load transfer

4. Advantages of this types of buildings
It can be constructed with any number of floors according to the bearing capacity of the soil.
Openings as windows or doors can be made with any width and height.
Walls between columns can be removed for decorative design.
Disadvantages of this types of buildings
Buildings cannot resist the temperature and moisture effect due to the small thickness of walls.
It is much affected by earthquake loads.