Structural engineers defined

As a perspective The Institution of Structural Engineers defines structural engineering as. ... 

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What is, therefore, the status of other concepts used in structural analysis, such as work and energy Work is force times distance, and energy is defined as the capacity to do work. Both are, therefore, dependent upon the concept of force and have a consequent status. We will return to a discussion of the hierarchy of structural engineering hypotheses in Section 2.10 and to the probability that Newton s Laws are true in Section 5.8. 

To summarise, we have isolated these four aspects of the testability of a hypothesis or the dependability of a proposition. If we can set up a highly repeatable experiment, where the result state is of the same type and value on every occasion and is clearly defined, then we have a sufficient condition upon the proposition being not false. It is d. sufficient condition because the proposition may be not false even though it is not possible to set up these repeatable experiments. Obviously as far as structural engineering is concerned, we wish to end up with some way of measuring these aspects of a proposition being not false so that we have some measure of the dependability of a proposition. We will return to that problem at the end of this chapter and in Chapter 10. 

Construction of a virtual world in the course of engineering activities starts from ideas about the system to be modeled and the engineering objects to be included in it. Typically, objects and their structures are defined. The basic approach to construction may be... 

The factors which determine durability are the focus of significant research efforts currently, but have not yet been widely incorporated into structural engineering standards. Maintenance requirements have also not been well defined in structural engineering standards. This forms a large gap in terms of standards addressing known hazards in structural engineering. 

Creep is defined as a long-term property measured by deforming a sample at a constant stress and monitoring the flow (strain) over a period of time. Viscoelastic materials flow or deform when subjected to loading (stress). In a creep experiment, a constant stress is applied and the resulting deformation is measured as a function of temperature and time. Just as stress relaxation is an important property to structural engineers and polymer scientists, so is creep behaviour. 

Analytical methods present the advantage of framing the problem of seismic vulnerability of masonry structures in structural engineering terms, defining a direct relationship among construction characteristics, structural response to seismic action, and damage effects. 

The role of structural engineers is to determine stresses and stress distributions within members that are subjected to well-defined loads. This may be accomplished by experimental testing techniques and/or by theoretical and mathematical stress analyses. These topics are treated in traditional texts on stress analysis and strength of materials. 

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