Structural Engineering
Overview
Structural engineering services involve the design and analysis of the structural components of buildings, bridges, mechanical components, bio-medical equipment and other engineering structures to ensure they can safely support and resist the loads they are subjected to.
These services may include the analysis of existing structures to determine their load-carrying capacity and identify any potential issues, the design of new structures, and the development of construction plans and specifications.
STATIC STRESS ANALYSIS
- Linear-elastic static stress analysis
- Static stress with non-linear contact (e.g. bolted connections)
- Static stress with non-linear material (e.g. plasticity)
- Static stress with geometric non-linearity (large deflection)
- Non-linear static stress analysis
FATIGUE ANALYSIS
- Stress based fatigue analysis
- Strain based fatigue analysis
NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
- Impact
- Crash
LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
- Modal analysis (natural frequencies, “resonance”)
- Frequency response (e.g. imbalance)
- Response spectrum (e.g. seismic analysis)
- Random vibration
- Linear transient analysis (load changes versus time, “time history”)
- Linear buckling (Euler buckling)
- Non-linear buckling (large deflection)
- Section sizing
- Connection calculation
- Foundation loads
