Through the term structure, various issues can be referred to. On the one hand, structure refers to the distribution and order of the most important parts that make up a whole. But on the other hand, with the same term we can mean or speak of that system of concepts that are linked to each other and whose reason for being will be to specify the essence of the object of study, that is, both reality and the language that is spoken will have their own and particular structure. And in the other of the areas in which the word structure enjoys enormous popularity since it is in common and regular use by those who understand it, it is in architecture.
In architecture and engineering, the use of this term is also recurrent since it is called thus that frame of iron, wood or concrete that supports a building on itself. Undoubtedly this sense of the word structure is the most popular and widespread when using this term ...
The basics, before placing all the accessory details such as cladding, taps and openings in an apartment building that is being built, it will be essential to place a structure that gives consistency and rigidity to the construction, which will be responsible for its durability. what the building will have and that of course will also determine its value.
As long as it is industrial engineering, a branch within civil engineering, the discipline that focuses precisely on the design and calculation that corresponds to the structural part that we mentioned above.
Its main mission and in that it focuses fundamentally is to achieve structures that are safe, functional and very resistant, whether in buildings, walls, bridges, dams, tunnels, among other spaces and that are constantly traveled and inhabited by people.
To do this, to design structures, structural engineering applies what is known as continuous media mechanics, a branch of mechanical physics that establishes a unified model for solids that are deformed, for fluids and rigid ones. In this way, a design that is capable of supporting its own weight, that of the loads due to use and that weight caused by natural or climatic phenomena, such is the case of wind, water, snow and earthquakes is attended. .
Structural engineering and the professionals who deploy it then ensure through these procedures that the designs they make are capable of meeting safety standards, that is, that the structure does not give way without giving even a prior warning.
On the other hand, they also attend to comfort issues, for example that structural vibrations do not disturb the tranquility of the occupants and this is closely related to the materials used in construction.
It should be noted that these objectives are possible to meet by not only making a responsible and satisfactory use of the money invested but also by choosing materials that meet the aforementioned standards.
But many other areas also use the term structure to refer to its operation, disposition or subject of study, social sciences, applied sciences, astronomy, engineering, mathematics, among others.
