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Structural Design Services for Industrial Building Design can be salutary – regarding documents of construction and many more. These structural design services for architectural and structural field, help in planning a structure and help you of this fact to save the money of your projects of structural design.
These structural services include use of software and sometimes the hardware particularly created which helps structural and civil engineers, the advisers and the architects in the real estate and industry internationally.
Structural and Civil engineers must employ qualifications and imagination by considering the types and the combinations of the loads and internal forces which can emerge in the life of the structure and by considering their size probable. Guided by the committees which write the collections of instructions, they can maximize the utilities of structural design.
Should the building be conceived at the enormous cost to resist the most serious earthquake which it is possible to imagine, or impact of the being crushed planes? If not, should it at least have the means a certain protection, finishing to the top folded but more-or-less entirety? These questions can easily be solved using structural design assistance.
When the moment comes for the analysis, competence is required in the application of the theoretical concepts and the analytical techniques to mathematical modeling of the structures. All the theories are approximations and the structural design creator must choose carefully the theory bringing most narrowly reality closer to the structure, and codes.
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In short, structural design can be seen as a process which is most useful in Building or Design Development, provided it is performed by professional structural engineers.
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What makes it unethical for a Structural Engineer to verify/seal another Innovator’s New Structural Designs?
Example: An Innovator comes up with an improvement in structural design and assembly of building frames, that will advance the Field of Structural Engineering, the Science of Physics, and the Industry of Construction.
The structures the Structural Engineers currently work on and sell to the Public will have more options, advancements, and improvements with the new structural innovation, to offer the Public.
The new structural innovation will add additional structural innovations, educational, and recruiting possibilities to the Field of Structural Engineering.
The structural innovation reduces the costs of assembling structure frames, and leads to reductions of material sizes to construct a building or structure.
The structural innovation meets the three core Principles of Structural Engineering; Safety, Workability, and Affordability.
The structural innovation cannot be acquired any other way except for Verifying the Innovator’s works, working prototypes, and physical tests performed and recorede, that show absolute improvement to current Structure Design and Assembly, or by awarding the Innovator with a Structural Engineering Registration and Seal of his own.
The structural innovation reduces damages and destruction of life, limb, and property in natural disasters and collision impacts.
The structural innovation reduces work, labor, and money it takes to respond to, rescue and recovery, and repairing and rebuilding after tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, collisions, and floods.
Which is more unethical; Continuing to approve buildings and structures that fail and harm the Public, or Verify the Innovator’s structural innovation and improvement so that the Field of Structural Engineering can grow and advance, improve their products and services?
The Innovator is Credited with the discovery and development of the structural innovation, and Legally Recognized as well as Publicly recognized as such. In effect, no Structural Engineer can use the new structural innovation or develop any type of similar structural systems without compensating or receiving permission from the Innovator.
Workability means the same as Designability, as one of the three core Principles of Structural Engineering.
It is ok per the International Building Code and Building Officials, too.
Monophoto;
Great answer; Please accept this clarification on the structural innovation:
The structural innovation, as an accessory item to a primary structure frame/body, improves the structural performance of the accessorized structure frame/body, proven in several Structural Engineering practiced, and in the Fields of Mathematics, Construction Assembly, and Scientific Proof Methods and practices.
The structural innovation thus becomes a Technology, because of the (positive) change in the physics of the accessorized structure frame/body, and the resulting improvements realized by the combined structure frame/body.
Regardless of which provides the higher performance or functioning, the accessorized structure frame/body retains Primary Structure Status. The Primary Structure Frame/Body defines the shape of the structure, by maintaining the higher amount of rigidity and compression resistance, and was developed first in the chronological order of things.
Monophoto;
Great point about Professional Sealing and Patentabilities of this particular type of structural innovation.
As Gaitorbait explains, when the Innovator is of another Field than Structural Engineering, the Works of the Innovator requires a Professional Verification and Seal, for the structural innovation is included with Products sold to and used bt rhe Public.
As for Patents on the structural innovation, Technologies and Physics Phenomenae are not Patentable, but the resulting Products and System are, when the resulting End-Product is not assisted structurally by natural means (entrenched foundationed buildings, etc.).
As for Professional Structural Engineering on the structural innovation, when the structural innovation consists of a continuous, Primary Frame aceesory which connects directly to the Primary Frame/Body, both Free-Standing and Entrenched structures require Professional Engineering Design Verification, of the Resulting Frame/Body System(s).
As for the Innovator’s responsibilities and securitization of his.her role in the structural Innovation, the Patents Office provides a Public Disclosure Rules and Regulations for those Innovators who discover & develop Technologies and Physics Phenomenae, which for the Innovator to "stake his/her claim" to the new technolgy or as Originator of the new Technology, in collaboration with the Treasury Department’s Business Development Services Subsidiary Department. This includes that the Innovator establish a Business Entity and list all/part of the innovation in acceptable and Approved Business Entity Registries (minimum two).
To Protect his/her Rights of Credit and Compensatory Securities, the Innovator must prove the Originality of the new Technology, and prove that he/she is the Person of discovery/development of the new Technology.
I personally accomplished these measures by having my drawings eye-witnessed before Publicly Disclosing the new Technology.
The measures (steps) I took to Establish this new Technology, and establish myself as the Originator (discoverer/founder) of Continuous Connector-Reinforcing Structural Strap-Nets (and Extensions), establishes me as the Author of this new Technology, and as such, I retain all Copyrights to this new Technology, and therefore, can require Compensation from any/all who choose to add this new Technology to their Product(s) and System(s).
Once the Copyrights to this new Technology is obtained legally by those choosing to add this new Technology to their Field, Business, Educational Institution, Product a/o Service, they also absorb and retain the same Copyrights as the Original Innovator.
The difference between Patenting Products and Establishing Technologies is that Patented Products and Systems have time limits of the Originator/Inventor, and the Originator of the new Technology maintains the Credit of Discovery and Authorship of the new Technology for Eternity.
Gaitorbait;
Great point on whether the Innovator is a Registeered Engineer/Professional or not.
My understanding of this area is as follows:
If the Innovator is a Registered Professional Designer or Not a Registered Professional Designer (Engineer/Architect), the Works of the Innovation still requires another Professional Designer’s Verification and Seal.
Is the innovator a Registered Professional Civil/Structural Engineer??.
If not, his design must be reviewed and checked by a Registered Professional before it is used, every time it is used.
If he is, the design must still be reviewed and checked by a registered professional each time it is used.
That’s just the way it is, and it applies to all engineering fields and engineering work.
Also, just because the new design is an improvement does not mean every one has to use it.
If the method does not appear in the Steel Construction Manuals as a steel consstruction requirement, it is not necessary that everyone has to use the new method.
A movie that provides introduction to Steel Structures and their design
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Which school is better USC Viterbi or University of Illinois at Urbana for a master in eng structural design ?
Oh Urbana for sure, one of the top 10 in the country.
..please help.tnx!
The use of any decorative design or ornamentation should be suitable to the shape or structure of the object that it decorates. It should strengthen and enhance the original design without competing with it. The subject matter used in decorative design is limitless.
Good design is achieved on the basic principles and elements common to all forms of art. Anyone who works with design should have a thorough understanding of each principle and should be able to apply them correctly. The basic design principles include unity, emphasis, contrast, variety, rhythm, balance, line and form, scale and proportion.
Unity
Often referred to the cornerstone of design, Unity is achieved by the arrangements of parts that produce a single, orderly whole. It requires a consistency of idea, line and form throughout the entire design arrangement and provides an overall sense of oneness.
Emphasis
This design principle requires a part of the design to be dominant. In the effect that the dominant theme acts as a focal point for the overall design and the rest of the elements are there to support that theme. Together the dominant and subordinate design elements work to form unity.
Contrast
To achieve emphasis, contrast is utilized to depict the quality of opposition of line and form or color and value. It is achieved by relating lines or forms of definitely different character and has the greatest impact when placed side by side. The purpose of contrast is to make one element stand out more sharply against the other creating emphasis.
Variety
Variety combines different ideas and qualities. It lacks sameness and gives life to any design. However, if there is too much variety in the design elements, it will break the overall unity of the design.
Rhythm
Rhythm is the measured movement or repetition of accents in a design. In any design, the arrangement of line and form forces the eye to follow from one point to another. Its purpose is to guide the eye to view the design elements in order of sequence.
Balance
Balance is the harmonious arrangement of elements in a design that center around an axis point, giving the appearance of equal distribution. The two types of balance are symmetrical and asymmetrical. Symmetrical balance requires equal distribution of form and arrangement of parts, like a mirror image. Asymmetrical balance is created by arranging design elements that are different in form or shape to give the illusion that they are of equal value.
Scale and Proportion
Scale defines the size relationship between the elements in design and proportion is the relationship between shapes. Good scale requires that the sizes of all parts of a design be related in a satisfying way. Good proportion has areas sufficiently alike to have something in common and still be different enough to be interesting.
Line and Form
Line and form, with color and value, are the basic elements of decorative design. Line is the simplest element of design. It governs the shape of all flat design and is the basis for all decorative ornament. Form is the shape itself of an area or three-dimensional volume, as defined by the lines that surround it.
there are many imputs into the engineering design process including:
1- client brief
2- experience
3- imagination
4- a site investigation
5- economic factors
6- environmental factors.
The World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex in Lower Manhattan whose seven buildings were destroyed in 2001 in the September 11 terrorist attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with six new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks.
The original World Trade Center was designed by Minoru Yamasaki in the early 1960s using a tube-frame structural design for the twin 110-story towers. In gaining approval for the project, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed to take over the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad which became the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH). Groundbreaking for the World Trade Center took place on August 5, 1966. The North Tower was completed in December 1970 and the South Tower was finished in July 1971. Construction of the World Trade Center involved excavating a large amount of material which was used in making Battery Park City on the west side of Lower Manhattan.
The complex was located in the heart of New York City’s downtown financial district and contained 13.4 million square feet (1.24 million m2) of office space. The Windows on the World restaurant was located on the 106Th and 107Th floors of the North Tower, while the Top of the World observation deck was located on the 107Th floor of the South Tower. Other World Trade Center buildings included the Marriott World Trade Center; 6 World Trade Center, which housed the United States Customs; and 7 World Trade Center, which was built in the 1980s. The World Trade Center experienced a fire on February 13, 1975 and a bombing on February 26, 1993. In 1998, the Port Authority decided to privatize the World Trade Center, leasing the buildings to a private company to manage, and awarded the lease to Silverstein Properties in July 2001.
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