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I wanted to learn more about this topic, but the page doesn't point me in interesting directions. It's done too summarily. Should talk about skyscrapers, what are the issues there, link to skyscrapers; earthquakes, what are the issues, link; history of, link; bridges, link; you get the picture. --Rmalloy 05:47, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

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Insert some articles or links to stress analysis examples, Mohr's Circle, The famous galloping bridge in Tacoma Narrows, etc.

Write up of the structural failure of 9/11, explosion blew insulation off and structure soaked up heat from fire feuled by jet feul. Yield strength reduced and collapse like a house of cards. Impact took lower floors with the mass now accelerating (via gravity) to the ground.

Structural Engineering, while sharing many similar concepts with Mechanical Engineering, is actually a branch of Civil Engineering.

In the US, a Structural Engineer is a Civil Engineer who also has a Structural Engineering license. The additional license is required to design buildings over a certain height (in my state more than 3 stories or over 45' tall as measured from deepest footing) or (in some states) bridges over a certain span. So in the US, at least, not all engineers who design structures are Structural Enigneers. Not sure how to treat this in the article without "limiting the geographic scope", however in general I think it's fair to say that a Structural Engineer is one who speciallizes in very large structures. Toiyabe 00:43, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

I suggest merging most (or all) of Structural engineer into Structural engineering. The rest can go into Engineer, provided that is not itself merged into Engineering: see Talk:Engineer#Merge?. jnestorius(talk) 22:03, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Oppose useful to have separate articles... Addhoc 15:37, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
  • For. My two cents: it's working fine for us in Architectural engineering. Be sure to have redirects to your main page, however, including all variations in capitalizations. Remember the KISS principle ...  :-) 129.237.114.171 20:00, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose I disagree. They should be two seperate areticles. Structural Engineering should have information about the subject. Structural Engineer should have information regarding the engineer's role and specific tasks, as well as qualifications, training etc.129.11.76.216 12:11, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose A Structural Engineer is a person who is licensed either as a Professional Engineer or a Structual Engineer to design the structural systems needed to support a building. This would follow the model set up around architect and architecture. By the way not all structural engineers are civil engineers some structural engineers come from an architectural engineering background or actually have degrees in structural engineering. In addition most states do not license engineers as structural engineers. There are less than 20 states (CA, IL, NE, NV, UT, WA, etc) with SE licensure. Engr civil 21:59, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose Useful to distinguish training of structural engineers; not everyone who partakes in structural engineering has the same background. Dlodge 18:19, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
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