Structural Engineering Software and Its Impact on Structural Engineers by O. Kalny
The boom of computers in the several past decades has made a major impact on almost every field of human endeavor. It has introduced new possibilities also for structural engineers, whose primary task is to design buildings, bridges and other structures. ... Today there are hundreds of structural analysis and design programs: commercial, academic, and open source; specialized and general; well-established and emerging. ... Structural design can be considered to be a combination of art and science, because it must be aesthetically pleasing, yet follow the laws of material behavior at the...