Civil and Environmental Engineering 2220A/B Final: Final Review Section 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Course: Civil and Environmental Engineering 2220A/B
• Professor: Jon Southen

Document Summary

Structural design may be thought of as a specialized form of problem solving. For a structure to be safe, the capacity of the structure must exceed the demands imposed by the applied loads. The capacity must be sufficient to maintain equilibrium. For a structure to be serviceable, the structure must fulfill the functions that it was designed for. This usually depends on deflections (deformations) of a structure caused by applied loads. The door deflects to much and cannot open. For a structure to be economical, the structure should: a. b. c. Not provide more capacity than necessary to attain the desired level of performance. For a structure to be elegant, the form should resemble the function of the structure. The purpose of the structure will determine in which direction there will be a trade off of elegant/economical. We use computers to carry out very long and tedious calculations to save time.