Structural engineering

Main article: Structural engineering
Structural engineering is concerned with the structural design and structural analysis of buildings, bridges, and other structures. This involves identifying the loads which act upon a structure and the forces and stresses which arise within that structure due to those loads, and then designing the structure to successfully support and resist those loads. The structural engineer must design structures to be safe for their users and to successfully fulfil the function they are designed for (to be serviceable).
Design considerations will include strength, stiffness and stability of the structure when subjected to loads which may be static, such as furniture or self-weight, or dynamic, such as wind, crowd or vehicle loads, or transitory, such as temporary construction loads or impact. Other considerations include cost, buildability, safety, aesthetics and sustainability.

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