Computer Engineering Structures

A. Not Just A Tool 

Which means that the computer is a tool that counters the first

developed for the fields of science and engineering. Only now has

growing increasingly distant, not only counters, but also writers,

painter, and entertainers with video and sound governance, as well as others.

Associated with construction or structural engineering, or rather structural

Computer engineering is the main task of the counter as

The initial purpose tools created, that of the origin of the word to compute.

However, in contrast with a previous count, the computer turns

change the mindset of the workings of engineers in performing structural analysis.

If the previous tradition, in order to understand the behavior of structures with

true, it must understand the methods of calculation manual

done, but with the availability of computers for analysis of the structure, then

without knowing the methods used, engineers can easily and

quickly obtain the desired results. In addition, various structural models

can easily be made, including the necessary mathematical manipulations.

Even so, there is no guarantee that it all makes

engineers can understand the behavior of the actual structure due to the

need to 

(a) understand the basic assumptions of the analysis, 

(b) understand the behavior of the structuretrue; 

(c) able to model the structure and validation results.

To the field of computer engineering is a very useful tool, for

competent users, it can produce a deeper understanding

about the field of engineering problems, in which traditional techniques

previously unable or difficult to get.

B. Basic Principles of Structural Modeling

Modeling the structure of data is numerical (mathematical) represent

real structure is used as input computer data. MacLeod (1990)

should propose the structure modeling are:

1. Do not be too complicated than necessary. If the model can be made

simple but representative, then generally it will be useful.

2. In relation to the above, in modeling sometimes need some

stages of the model. There is a whole (macro model) and other

in certain parts of the course but more detail (micro-models). Do not

willing to make the overall model accuracy

same for every desired detail 

3. Is simple model but still representative, it is necessary to know

behavior of the real structure. What factors are primary, secondary or

can be ignored. There is no guarantee that a lot of factors, the results

the better (lower bound theorem). Example, if the calculated bending deformation

the truss structure (truss), the trunk needs to size

are more likely to withstand axial and bending at the same time (more wasteful).

4. Do not immediately believe the computer output, unless it has been

validation-validation conducted a careful and rigorous (a priori).

5. Although there has been a rigorous validation-validation, do not be too trusting

first. View the assumptions used in the modeling analysis,

whether it is logical and represents real structural conditions (alert).