The course is designed to improve student competency in construction-based mathematical calculations and tasks. It introduces basic structural principles and computations for structural integrity in ...

Structural engineering — a specialty within the field of civil engineering — focuses on the framework of structures, and on designing those structures to withstand the stresses and pressures of their ...

Lectures and readings focus on bridges, railroads, power plants, steamboats, telegraph, highways, automobiles, aircraft, computers, and the microchip. Historical analysis provides a basis for studying ...

Knowing basic load paths protects barbecue decks from sagging, aids in reading home-inspection reports, and makes DIY projects safer. Structural engineering, translated for daily living. Secrets of ...

On November 7, 2008, a three-storey school building in Haiti collapsed. As many as 93 people, mostly children, were killed and over 150 injured. Fortin Augustin, a preacher, whose negligence had led ...

Civil/Structural engineers design and maintain buildings, bridges, and other structures constructed from various materials (concrete, steel, timber, masonry, and reinforced plastics). They use modern ...

If the hook faces too much tension, it straightens, the pot crashes. If the shelf bends, the top compresses, the bottom stretches until wood fibers pop. Knowing basic load paths protects barbecue ...