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:''to be written...'' I'm not sure what's appropriate here as this gets fairly complicated fairly quickly, but I suppose a brief discussion of the science of designing buildings, bridges, and other structures so that they remain standing. A bit about forces (wind, earthquake, snow), shear and moment calculations, materials? How this applies to Architecture
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Just Engineering in general! How's is the article now?
Structural engineering is the field of civil engineering particularly concerned with the design of load-bearing structures. In practice, it is largely the implementation of mechanics to the design of structures, such as buildings, bridges, walls (including retaining walls), dams, tunnels, etc. Structural engineers need to design structures so that while serving their useful function, they do not collapse (structural failure), and do not bend, twist, or vibrate (serviceability limit) in undesirable ways. In addition they are responsible for making efficient use of funds and materials to achieve these structural goals. Typically, apprentice structural engineers may design simple Beam (structure)s, columns, and floors of a new building, including calculating the loads on each member and the load capacity of various building materials (steel, timber, masonry, concrete). An experienced engineer would tend to design more complex structures, such as multi-storey buildings (including skyscrapers), or bridges. Loads are generally classified as: live loads such as the weight of occupants and furniture in a building, the forces of wind or weights of water, and the forces due to an earthquake; or dead loads such as the weight of the building itself. Traditionally, structural engineering used careful placement of coordinate axes to simplify complex equations associated with tensor quantities such as stress and resulting displacements of structural elements, such as beams. This simplification was essential to being able to solve problems. A successful engineer must design a structure to withstand the loads specified to be placed upon it. As long as the design loads are not exceeded the structure should spring back when the load is lifted, or hold steady indefinitely. The advance of computer software has allowed many of the more complicated calculations to be carried out more accurately and quickly. One of the most straightforward mechanisms of analyzing structures is the method of statics in which Newton's laws of motion are used to determine the forces acting on the components of a structure, generally by assuming that the material is rigid and uniform. Another mechanism capable of handling more complicated situations is the finite element method which is capable of calculating forces in structures made of various materials with differing properties. ==See also== *Structural design *Structural analysis *Stress analysis *Civil engineering *Engineering mechanics *Dynamics (mechanics) *Statics *Architects *Landscape Architecture *[http://www.istructe.org.uk Institution of Structural Engineers] *[http://www.seaint.org Structural Engineering Association - International] *[http://www.seaonc.org Structural Engineering Association of Northern California] *[http://www.seaocc.org Structural Engineering Association of Central California] *[http://www.seaint.org/seaosc Structural Engineering Association of Southern California] Civil engineering Professions
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#REDIRECT Structural engineering
Structural Engineering
:''to be written...'' I'm not sure what's appropriate here as this gets fairly complicated fairly quickly, but I suppose a brief discussion of the science of designing buildings, bridges, and other structures so that they remain standing. A bit about forces (wind, earthquake, snow), shear and moment calculations, materials? How this applies to Architecture
Relationship to Civil Engineering
Just Engineering in general! How's is the article now?
Structural engineering
Structural engineering is the field of civil engineering particularly concerned with the design of load-bearing structures. In practice, it is largely the implementation of mechanics to the design of structures, such as buildings, bridges, walls (including retaining walls), dams, tunnels, etc. Structural engineers need to design structures so that while serving their useful function, they do not collapse (structural failure), and do not bend, twist, or vibrate (serviceability limit) in undesirable ways. In addition they are responsible for making efficient use of funds and materials to achieve these structural goals. Typically, apprentice structural engineers may design simple Beam (structure)s, columns, and floors of a new building, including calculating the loads on each member and the load capacity of various building materials (steel, timber, masonry, concrete). An experienced engineer would tend to design more complex structures, such as multi-storey buildings (including skyscrapers), or bridges. Loads are generally classified as: live loads such as the weight of occupants and furniture in a building, the forces of wind or weights of water, and the forces due to an earthquake; or dead loads such as the weight of the building itself. Traditionally, structural engineering used careful placement of coordinate axes to simplify complex equations associated with tensor quantities such as stress and resulting displacements of structural elements, such as beams. This simplification was essential to being able to solve problems. A successful engineer must design a structure to withstand the loads specified to be placed upon it. As long as the design loads are not exceeded the structure should spring back when the load is lifted, or hold steady indefinitely. The advance of computer software has allowed many of the more complicated calculations to be carried out more accurately and quickly. One of the most straightforward mechanisms of analyzing structures is the method of statics in which Newton's laws of motion are used to determine the forces acting on the components of a structure, generally by assuming that the material is rigid and uniform. Another mechanism capable of handling more complicated situations is the finite element method which is capable of calculating forces in structures made of various materials with differing properties. ==See also== *Structural design *Structural analysis *Stress analysis *Civil engineering *Engineering mechanics *Dynamics (mechanics) *Statics *Architects *Landscape Architecture *[http://www.istructe.org.uk Institution of Structural Engineers] *[http://www.seaint.org Structural Engineering Association - International] *[http://www.seaonc.org Structural Engineering Association of Northern California] *[http://www.seaocc.org Structural Engineering Association of Central California] *[http://www.seaint.org/seaosc Structural Engineering Association of Southern California] Civil engineering Professions
Structural engineering
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