the web site you'll see a category called "Rules of Thumb". I created
this category because, for the practicing engineer, simplified methods
and rules of thumb are very useful. The category is empty and just
waiting for decades of experience to pour onto the pages.
As far as your library of calculations, I have tossed around that idea
along with a library of structural details. One of the most useful
things to an engineer is a binder of old calcs they've done in the
past. If you or anybody has some you'd like to share feel free to
scan them into an image or pdf and upload them to the site. A
category called "Sample Calculation" can be created for this purpose.
Also, I will create a category called "Standard Details" where
structural details can be uploaded (pdf or images).
I envision structural theory only being a small percentage of what the
site is about and the rest being practical materials and information
to aid structural engineers.
- Jeremy
Quoting Richard Calvert <RichardC@lbbe.com>:
> Something I feel to be important, and likely to be neglected, is to
> highlight simplified methods and assumptions typically used by the
> engineering community and, more importantly, state all conditions
> that have to be met to utilize the simplified method.
>
> i.e. typical beam checks use M=FS. This is fine for most people to
> use, formal training or not, IF they realize its limitations. I've
> ran into many of these people (fabricators, detailers, etc.) who get
> a bit irate/reluctant about you when you say their design doesn't
> work - because they don't realize you can't apply this method to an
> unbraced, unsymmetric custom member with slender elements.. (or
> something equally atrocious)
>
> also, do you plan on making this something of a library of
> calculations (ranging from typical to highly custom) or just theory
> based stuff?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy White [mailto:admin@structuralae.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:28 AM
> To: seaint@seaint.org
> Subject: Re: Structural Engineering Online Encyclopedia
>
> Alex,
>
> I would like the site to include all points of view on any topic.
> Even though much of the scientific content, such as engineering
> mechanics, is universal there still is opportunity to provide
> information on nuances between countries. For example, in a bending
> moment entry someone may want to point out that in England/Europe the
> bending moment diagram is drawn to match the deflection of the beam
> (positive moment on the bottom) and the US draws it opposite (positive
> moment on top). But if most of the content is provided by people from
> the US it will be US-centric.
>
> - Jeremy
>
> By the way, I bookmarked your blog.
>
>
>
> Quoting Alexander Bausk <bauskas@gmail.com>:
>
>> Jeremy,
>> Surely a great idea. To add my two cents, do you intend to restrict its
>> scope to be US-specific or would you like to braden the domain to include
>> some international insight?
>> To clarify my thought, for example the Wikipedia has some entries that
>> reflect their subject internationally (for example see this entry about
>> engineers, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer), but is said to be
>> sometimes US-centric, too.
>> Regards,
>> Alex.
>>
>> --
>> Alexander Bausk
>> Civil/Structural design & inspection engineer, CAD professional
>> http://bausk.wordpress.com
>> ONILAES Lab at PSACEA
>> Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
>> Tel. +38 068 4079692
>> Fax. +38 0562 470263
>> bauskas@gmail.com
>>
>
>
>
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