Parts Of Engineering Design And Construction

Structural Madness Structural Engineering is one of the most challenging engineering that one can experience. Undoubtedly building codes have made things much simpler still that is not the limit of this science, but actually, it goes even further. If you think about structural engineering and your first class of structural mechanics, you always wondered about the behavior of materials under different loading, how does bending moment affects a structure and why is shear always so critical. You get pretty confused and always looked for quality sources to read about some "intuitive structural engineering. Generally all the blogs about structural engineering talk about design methodology and how building codes define certain things and stuff like that. Well, that is all empirical. But that is now what we will do over here. On this platform, we will understand the intuitive portion of structural engineering and discuss it at the very basic level. If your basics are clear then ev...

Basics of Structural Engineering   Structural engineering  is a sub-discipline of civil engineering in which structural engineers are trained to design the 'bones and muscles' that create the form and shape of man-made structures. Structural engineers need to understand and calculate the stability, strength and rigidity, and earthquake of built structures for buildings and non-building structures. The structural designs are integrated with those of other designers such as architects and building services engineers and often supervise the construction of projects by contractors on site. They can also be involved in the design of machinery, medical equipment, and vehicles where structural integrity affects functioning and safety.    Structural engineering theory is based upon applied physical laws and empirical knowledge of the structural performance of different materials and geometries. Structural engineering design uses a number of relatively simple  structural...