Structural engineering facts for kids
Structural engineering is a subset of civil engineering dealing with the design and analysis of buildings and large non-building structures to withstand both the gravity and wind loads as well as natural disasters. Besides, it may also cover design of machinery, medical equipment, vehicles or any other objects where structural functionality or safety are involved. Structural engineers must ensure their designs satisfy building codes.
Major structural engineering projects go through the following four stages: research, design, testing, and construction which are featured with the images below:
Structural engineering came to existence when the humans first started to construct their own structures. It became a more defined profession with the emergence of the architecture profession during the industrial revolution in the late 19th Century.
Entry-level structural engineers may design individual structural elements of a structure, for example, beams, columns, and floors of a building. More experienced engineers would be responsible for the structural design and integrity of an entire system, such as a building.
Structural engineers often specialize in particular fields, such as bridge engineering, building engineering, pipeline engineering, industrial structures, or special mechanical structures such as vehicles or aircrafts.
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The Eiffel Tower in Paris is a historical achievement of structural engineering.
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Galileo Galilei published the book Two New Sciences in which he examined the failure of simple structures
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Isaac Newton published Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica which contains the Newton's laws of motion
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Leonhard Euler developed the theory of buckling of columns
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Earthquake-proof pyramid El Castillo, Chichen Itza
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Design of missile needs in depth understanding of Structural Analysis
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Designing Medical Equipment needs in-depth understanding of Structural Engineering
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Pont du Gard, France, a Roman era aqueduct circa 19 BC.
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Sydney Opera House, designed by Architect Jørn Utzon and structural design by Ove Arup & Partners
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Millennium Dome in London, UK, by Richard Rogers and Buro Happold
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Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, the world's tallest building, shown under construction in 2007 (since completed)
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An Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner
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Little Belt: a truss bridge in Denmark
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The McDonnell Planetarium by Gyo Obata in St Louis, Missouri, USA, a concrete shell structure
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The 630 foot (192 m) high, stainless-clad (type 304) Gateway Arch in Saint Louis, Missouri
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Classical columns composed of stacked stone segments and finished in the Corinthian style (Temple of Bel, Syria)
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See also
In Spanish: Ingeniería estructural para niños
