What is Structural Engineering? And What is the job?

 

Bameswarablogs -- Did you know, What is Structural Engineering? And What is the job? Stuctural Engineering is concerned with the research, plainning, design, construction, inspection, monitoring, maintenaince, rehabilitation, and demolition of permanent and temporary structures, as well as stuctural system and their components. It also considers the technical, economic, enviromental, aesthetic and sosial aspects of stuctures. 

Stucture can include buildings, bridges, inground structures, footings, framework, and space frames, including those for motor vechicles, space vehicles, ships, aeroplanes and cranes. They can be composed of any structural meterial including composites and novel materials.

Structural engineer is a creative profession that makes a significant contribution to insfrastructure, industry, as well as residential and recreational development.

Structure engineers cary out strength calculations and prepare drawing of structures to ensure they are strong enough to avoid collapse when loaded. The most common structures dealt with are buildings and bridges, but tunnels, walls to hold back earth embankments, large tanks and silos as well as mining structures, also form part of a structural engineers work. Specialist areas include oil drilling platforms and ssociated insfrastructures, shipbuilding and aircaft design.

Structural engineerd generally work in teams and look at the way a structure is to the built.  They ensure buildings are strong enough to withstand natural forces and loads imposed by the nature of its use. Throught research and the testing of both from and material, new solutions are developed which promote safer, more enviromentally friendly buildings and structures.

Some structural engineers work in the design of structures (Carrying out the strength calculations and supervising drawings), others specialise in the building of structures  and some work in research. Structural engineers commonly work with architects, builders, mechanical, electrical and chemical engineers to ensure that all parts of the structures are safe and capable of fulfilling their instended function. They also make sure structures use appropriate materials efficiently.

What is the Role of a Structural Engineer?

As part of a construction team, structural engineers frequently collaborate with civil engineers and architects. "If a structure were a human person, the architect would be concerned with the body shape and look, and the structural engineer would be concerned with the skeleton and sinews," the Institution of Structural Engineers says.

Structures must be able to withstand the environment in which they are constructed. For example, a house in Canada must have a roof that can endure the weight of heavy snow, and a stadium in California must be earthquake-resistant. Designers must take into account terrain, wind, water, and traffic volume when designing bridges. Structural engineers take all of these aspects into account and give solutions.

"Every day, structural engineers battle gravity, wind, snow, and rain to give the world with amazing structures," Kate Leighton, a structural engineer, wrote in the Institution of Structural Engineers' magazine "Careers in Structural Engineering." "They are issue solvers, problem solvers, problem solvers, problem solvers, problem solvers, problem solvers, problem solvers.

According to the National Council of Structural Engineers Association, structural engineers "design roof framing (beams, rafters, joists, trusses), floor framing (floor decks, joists, beams, trusses, girders), arches, columns, braces, frames, foundations, and walls." 

"The deck — or riding surface — girders or stringers, and piers are all designed in bridges." Steel, concrete, wood, masonry, and aluminum are among the materials they use. Engineers build structures to withstand forces such as gravity, earthquakes, and powerful winds.

A structural engineer's responsibilities include:

• examining blueprints, maps, reports, and topographical and geological information;
• Estimating the cost of goods, equipment, and labor, as well as their quantities;
• To determine design specifications, calculate load and grade requirements, water flow rates, and material stress factors.

• Inspecting construction sites to keep track of development and confirm that the project is being built according to plan;

• Conducting traffic studies or environmental studies to detect potential issues and determine how they may effect the project.

In structural engineering, an in-depth understanding of physics and mathematics is required. A structural engineer must also be familiar with the density, hardness, tensile strength, bulk modulus, and bending strength of various materials. They must be able to predict how different materials will behave under diverse stresses such as compression, tension, bending, and twisting, as well as temperature, pressure, corrosive gases and liquids, and even radiation. They must also be able to forecast how these materials will perform over a long period of time.

Because structural engineers increasingly rely on computer-aided design (CAD) tools, computer skills are required. CAD systems allow for quick revisions in addition to speeding up the drafting process.

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