Structural engineering

The structural civil engineering involves conceptually all disciplines of civil engineering , which is based on the strength of materials and structural analysis with the construction and design of structures as the basis for the construction of houses, buildings, churches, bridges, towers, masts, etc. deal.

This mainly includes constructions made of concrete, steel, wood and all other load-bearing materials such as B. glass, natural stone, clay etc.

These materials, within the limits of their specific material laws , enable the engineer and master in connection with statics as a subfield of technical mechanics to develop the most varied of flat and spatially networked structures that absorb, guide and release loads from weight and movement without damage as part of their dimensioning can.

The ground represents a special structure; it is processed in foundation engineering or in geotechnical engineering . In it, loads of all kinds are absorbed and distributed so that their absorption does not cause any significant changes.