Structural engineering

A bridge is a structure designed to span an obstacle, such as a river or valley, allowing vehicles, pedestrians, and other loads to pass across. Most bridges consist of a flat deck, supported by beams, arches, or cables. These structures rest on a foundation that is carefully designed to transfer the weight of the bridge to the subsoil without settling.

thumb|upright=1.75|The Edersee Dam in [[Hesse, Germany]] A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability. Hydropower is often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect or store water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodga

thumb|Roofs in the central district of Ystad 2022

A skyscraper is a tall building with many habitable floors. Most modern sources define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition, other than being very tall high-rise buildings. Skyscrapers may host offices, hotels, residential spaces, and retail spaces. Skyscrapers are a common feature of large cities, especially in the Americas, Asia, and Australia, often due to a high demand for space and limited availability of land.

composite building material

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type of bridge

large offshore structure with oil drilling and related facilities

a sub-discipline of civil engineering dealing with the design and analysis of load-bearing structures

practical application of mechanics

watertight body of a ship or boat

interdisciplinary branch of engineering

form of concrete used in construction

steel formed for use in construction

distance between supports of an arch, bridge, etc.

computation of deformations, deflections, and internal forces or stresses within structures

composite material made of a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres

thumb|upright=1.14|Deperdussin Monocoque, with wooden shell construction

type of bridge

construction detail designed to absorb temperature-induced volume changes of construction parts

forces, deformations, or accelerations applied to a structure or its components

engineering event in which the structural integrity of a construction is compromised by failure of components of the structure

thumb|An I-beam used to support the first floor of a house An I-beam is any of various structural members with an - (serif capital letter 'I') or H-shaped cross-section. Technical terms for similar items include H-beam, I-profile, universal column (UC), w-beam (for wide flange), universal beam (UB), rolled steel joist (RSJ), and double-T (especially in Polish, Bulgarian, Spanish, Italian, and German). I-beams are typically made of structural steel and serve a wide variety of construction uses.

main supporting structure of a motor vehicle

treatment or process aimed at extending the service life of wood structures

structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them

area of structural engineering used to design steel structures

ability of a structure to withstand physical strain

a design method used in structural engineering

thumb|A vehicle frame#Ladder frame|ladder frame thumb|A 2007 Toyota Tundra chassis holding the vehicle's engine, drivetrain, suspension and wheels. thumb|The BMW i3 (hatchback)|BMW i3 electric car is one of the rare modern passenger cars with a separate body and frame design (2013).

distortion or disruption of parts of a building

type of metal profile

two-dimensional transverse rigid frame (or similar structures such as three-hinged arches)

type of beam

oblong object, placed vertically (or somewhat obliquely), the width being approximately the same over the entire length

strips of wood used to make barrels and other circular wooden objects

type of building foundation

cascading collapse of a building

fatigue in a corrosive environment

wide ranging subject concerning the effects of wind on the natural and built environment

material whose primary purpose is to transmit or support a force

central vertical post used in architectural or bridge designs

offshore support structure

structures designed to protect buildings from earthquakes

process of implementing a damage detection and characterization strategy for engineering structures such as bridges and buildings

Diagram of two T-beams|alt=|thumb|458x458px A T-beam (or tee beam), used in construction, is a load-bearing structure of reinforced concrete, wood or metal, with a capital 'T'-shaped cross section. The top of the T-shaped cross section serves as a flange or compression member in resisting compressive stresses. The web (vertical section) of the beam below the compression flange serves to resist shear stress. When used for highway bridges the beam incorporates reinforcing bars in the bottom of the beam to resist the tensile stresses which occur during bending.

Response of a structure to oscillation

framing system made of extruded aluminum

mathematical method for optimizing material layout under given conditions

type of radial arm floodgate

Graph in engineering

construction method for reinforced concrete walls

An earthscraper is a building that provides multiple stories of permanent space below ground where people may live: the inverse of very tall high-rise buildings. Though humans have been building structures underground for centuries, such dwellings are generally called Earth shelters, and typically are only one or two stories deep at most. It is the number or depth of below ground stories that distinguish an earthscraper.

ensuring structures' safety through probabilistic analysis

type of rigid construction with a non-loaded covering

architecture prize

consists of the interaction between soil and a structure built upon it

top part of a deep foundation, typically a thick concrete block into which the pile tops are embedded, used to transfer the load of the structure above to the piles driven into the ground below