January 26, 2008
Structural analysis software can speed up your design work
In times gone by, structural engineers would have to do their structural analysis work by hand — in the old days they would actually have to do computations with a pencil and paper or slide rule! A little later on, engineering calculators became available — but now structural analysis software has automated much of this pick and shovel work of doing mundane, repetitive mathematical calculations. And because a computer is doing the calculations, you don’t have to worry about mistakes being introduced due to human fatigue or carelessness. This software really speeds up the work of designing and certifying all types of structures.