Elements of Static and Building Science. Facilities for wildlife farming. Facilities and equipment for fauna management on the territory. Fences. Methods and techniques for defense against damage caused by wildlife. Interventions for the reduction of road accidents caused by wildlife. Video-trapping. Using RPAS for wildlife management
SORBETTI GUERRI F. - Appunti di Statica e Scienza delle costruzioni (handouts provided during the course)
CAPACCIOLI A., RACANELLI V., SORBETTI GUERRI F. 2017, La difesa dai danni provocati dalla fauna selvatica. Realizzazione e gestione delle recinzioni elettriche. Aracne Editrice - Gioacchino Onorati editore S.r.l. – Unipersonale.
PONZETTA M. P., SORBETTI GUERRI F., - 2009 - Gli incidenti stradali causati dalla fauna selvatica nella regione toscana: analisi del fenomeno nel periodo 2001-2008. Regione Toscana. Firenze
Learning Objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge of statics, building science, structures and equipment for wildlife management and methods of defense against damage to crops and the environment by wildlife. Students will also be provided with basic notions about video-trapping and about the use of SAPR for wildlife management.
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as requirements (required and/or recommended): none
Courses recommended: Basic courses in Science and Wildlife Management and in Mathematics
Teaching Methods
Lectures: 29 hours
Laboratory/Seminars: 19
Further information
Frequency of lectures, practice and lab: recommended
Teaching tools: Tv projector, Exemplary educational models. Further teaching materials needed to prepare the final exam will be provided from the lecturer during lessons
Type of Assessment
Final Oral examination
Course program
Scalar quantities and vectors. Oriented segments and vectors. Differences in addiction and subtraction between scalars and vectors. Varignon’s equation.
Static: Forces: Definition, Force characterization. Equivalent forces. Force Units. Forces applied to bodies. Force composition and decomposition: Static moments.. Varignon theorem. Couples. Moments of couples.
Center of parallel vectors. Center of gravity. Moments of inertia. Resistance module.
Static body analysis. Balancing conditions of a rigid body.
The constraints. Constraint Classification: Simple Constraints, Double Constraints, Triple Constraints, Perfect and Imperfect Constraints, Effective and Ineffective Constraints. Unstable, isostatic, hyper-static systems.
External and internal constraints
Calculation of constraint reactions. The substitutability of the loads with the resulting. Graphic calculation and analytical calculation of reactions. General static equations.
Single-beam systems: Supported beams, shelf beams, continuous beams.
Internal tensions. The six basic hypotheses. Deformations. Hooke's Law. Elasticity module. Breakage loads and safety loads. Building stability: General stability equation. Special stability equations. Sizing of the members: project calculation and verification calculation. The security of the structures. The method of tolerable tensions. Strength of materials: Tension, Compression, Shear, Bending, Torsional loading, Bending composed with Pressure and Tension, Buckling. Reticular structures.
Wildlife management structures and equipment. Methods and techniques of defense against damage caused by wildlife. Basics of video-trappingl and the use of SAPR for fauna management.