Talk:Structural Engineering

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[edit] About Structural Engineering

Structural engineering is a vast subject. It concerns other branches of engineering too. Even aeronautical degree programmes do study simple statics and bending of beams, torsion, etc.

I suppose the best way to start this module is to describe in vague what structural engineering is and what is a structural engineer's duty/responsibility. And then we can move on to basic mechanics and so on...

--deostroll 06:58, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About the first edit...

I left the matter refering to concrete as such. May be it should serve other people who wish edit as a reminder about what this subject ought to describe in the future versions. Concrete is only one part of structural engineering! Meanwhile anyone is welcomed to edit this module themselves or suggest how this module should actually go about this subject.

I would also like people to consider following questions (because even I doubt them)

• Can a bridge be considered as a structural system?
• Is it correct to say that strucutral engineering activites consists of analysis and design?
• How should this article/module touch subjects like strucutral analysis and design? Shouldn't they be separate modules?

--deostroll 08:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

It would be better if you add diagrams and drawings for clearing the subjects. And do you consider clarifying what is "statically determinate structure"?

[edit] Structual analysis and design

There is no design without structural analysis. However I think they are two different subjects... I'm not sure why they have a category with both. (see structural analysis and design)