ABSTRACT
It is not proposed to consider here the process of structural design as such. This involves an analysis of the actual forces acting on the structure and of the forces they set up within the structure, so that these can be related to the properties of the materials to be used and the sizes of the individual members calculated. In order to carry out this process, however, it is necessary to have an understanding of the general nature of the forces that act on buildings and a conception of the behaviour of a building and its parts under these loads. Such a conception is also fundamental to the production of an economic structure, for from it springs the possibility of arriving at an overall economic solution at an early stage in the total design process, when many of the related design factors are still under consideration.
