Building Structures in Theory and Practice

This monograph is a collection of 14 articles relating to components and structural systems made of different materials. The authors present theoretical considerations that occured in the case of structural elements under the infl uence of internal and external impacts, often with the support of computer programs. Moreover, another group of articles refers to their own research conducted on different elements in the laboratory. Solutions presented in the articles allow to obtain a range of information and knowledge on the behaviour of components and structural systems, and thus they have an important scientifi c and technical meaning. The achieved outcomes, resulting from a conducted research or theoretically relating to the area of scientifi c concern, are copyrighted. The information and solutions described in the articles can be used as a study aid not only to students of architecture and civil engineering, but also for civil engineers involved in the design and construction of buildings and specialists in the area of engineering science