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Intro To Structural Engineering

Structural engineering is the field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures to support or resist loads. It is the backbone of civilization, supporting our infrastructure like buildings, bridges, dams, and railways. Structural engineers apply principles of physics and the strength of materials to understand how structures hold themselves up and withstand forces, ensuring their designs are safe and stable. The history of the field dates back thousands of years to early structures like pyramids and arches, and it continues to advance with new materials and understanding of structural behavior.

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Intro To Structural Engineering

Structural engineering is the field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures to support or resist loads. It is the backbone of civilization, supporting our infrastructure like buildings, bridges, dams, and railways. Structural engineers apply principles of physics and the strength of materials to understand how structures hold themselves up and withstand forces, ensuring their designs are safe and stable. The history of the field dates back thousands of years to early structures like pyramids and arches, and it continues to advance with new materials and understanding of structural behavior.

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□ Civil Engineering is one of the

most indispensable part of society.


Civil Engineering is the
backbone of civilization, our
infrastructure, the buildings,
mansions, factories, freeways, high-
speed railways.
 Structural Engineering is a
field of engineering dealing
with analysis and design of
structures that support or
resist loads
 Structural engineering
theory is based upon
physical laws and empirical
knowledge of the structural
performance of different
landscapes and materials
□ Structural engineering depends upon
a detailed knowledge of loads,
physics and materials to understand
and predict how structures support
and resist self-weight and imposed
loads
□ Structural engineers ensure that
their designs satisfy a given "design
intent", predicated on safety (e.g.
structures do not collapse without
due warning), or serviceability (e.g.
floor vibration and building sway do
not result in discomfort for the
occupants). Structural engineers are
responsible for making creative and
efficient use of funds and materials
□ Seismic Design of New Bridges ,
Buildings and Dams
□ Retrofit of Old Buildings and
Dams to Resist Earthquakes
 The term structural derives from the
Latin word structus, which is "to pile,
build assemble". The first use of the
term structure was c.1440. The term
engineer derives from the old French
term engin, and
cleverness" meaning "skill,machine'. This
also 'war
term in turn derives from the Latin word
ingenium, which means "inborn qualities,
talent," and is constructed of in- "in" +
gen-, the root of gignere, meaning "to
beget, produce." The term engineer is
related to ingenious.
□ Structural engineering dates
back to 2700 BC when the Step
pyramid for Pharaoh Djoser was
built by Imhotep
□ Gustave
Eiffel is the
pioneer of
the use of
iron in
structural
engineering
 Developments in the understanding of materials
and structural behaviour in the latter part of the
20th Century have been significant, with
developed of topics such as fracture mechanics,
earthquake engineering, composite materials,
temperature effects on materials, dynamics
and vibration, fatigue, creep and others.The
increasing range of different structures and
the increasing complexity of those structures
has led to increasing specialisation of
structural engineers.
□ For systems that obey
Hooke's law, the extension
produced is directly
proportional to the load. If it
exceeds hookes law a
structure is called as failure
structure.
□ Stress
□ Deflectio
n
□ Buckling
□ Creep
□ Fracture
□ Wear
□ yielding
Any structure is essentially made up
of only a small number of different
types of elements:
□ Columns
□ Beams
□ Plates
□ Arches
□ Shells
□ Catenaries
□ Structural loads on structures are
generally classified as live
(imposed) loads and dead loads.
□ Live loads are transitory or
temporary loads
□ Dead loads are permanent, and
may
include the weight of the structure
itself and all major permanent
components.
□ Axial:
cables,shells,arches
□ Flexural: beams,plates
□ shear: frames,shear
walls
 Structural engineering depends on the
knowledge of materials and their
properties, in order to understand how
different materials support and resist
 loads. Common structural materials
are:
➢ Iron
 Concrete

 Aluminum

 Timber

 Composite
s
□ Building structures
□ Earthquake engineering
structures
□ Civil engineering structures
□ Mechanical structures
□ Structural building engineering
includes all structural engineering
related to the design of buildings. It
is the branch of structural
engineering that is close to
architecture.
□ Civil structural engineering includes
all structural engineering related to
the built environment.
□ It includes:

 Bridges

 Dams

 Roads

 Railways

 Pipelines
backbone of civilization, our infrastructure, the magnificent buildings, mansions, theme-parks, factories, freeways, high-speed railways, tunnels that bore through mountains to make routes shorter, bridges that span large valleys and riv

 tunnels that bore through mountains to


make routes shorter.
 bridges that span large valleys and rivers.
 Dams that provide water and electricity,
everything owes its existing to this
wonderful science, this branch of
Engineering.
 A structural engineer is most commonly
involved in the design
of buildings and nonbuilding structures
but also plays an essential role in
designing machinery where structural
integrity
of the design item impacts safety
and reliability. Large man-made
objects, from furniture to medical
equipment to a
variety of vehicles, require significant
design input from a structural engineer.
□ Principals of structural engineering
are applied to variety of
mechanical (moveable) structures
is referred to as Structural
Mechanical Engineering.
□ Earthquake engineering structures
are those engineered to withstand
various types of hazardous
earthquake exposures at the sites of
their particular location.
□ Understand what happened in
past earthquakes
□ Understand how materials, members
and structures respond
• Basic tests of materials
• Physical test of individual members
• Small scale tests of structures
□ Incorporate knowledge into computer
analysis to simulate earthquake
demands
□ Satisfaction of
seeing your work
getting built,

and watching
peop people use the
l finishe finished
d products.
□Design future
land mark
structures, or help
save old ones
□Contributes to the Safety of
Society
□ Heyman, Jacques (1999). The
Science of Structural Engineering.
□ Heyman, Jacques (1998). Structural
Analysis: A Historical Approach
□ Labrum, E.A. (1994). Civil
Engineering Heritage
□ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structur
al_ engineering

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