Structural concepts: designing more efficient structures

Course

Date & Time

15 June 2027 - 16 June 2027
10:00 - 13:30 BST

Location

Online

Price

Member early booking: £315 + VAT
Member: £355 + VAT
Standard: £465 + VAT

Early booking discount

Available until one month prior

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This online course introduces four core structural concepts, intuitively interpreted from the Principle of Virtual Work, together with implementation routes and physical measures, enabling structural engineers to design more effective, efficient and elegant structures.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

Build a “tree of knowledge” linking theory, structural concepts, implementation routes and practical design.
Explain the four core structural concepts and their connection with internal forces, deflection and efficiency.
Develop structural intuition through equations, observations, physical models and real examples.
Identify implementation routes and physical measures that realise structural concepts in practice.
Apply the concepts to recognise and develop effective, efficient and elegant structural solutions.

Intended for

Graduate engineer
Mid-career engineer
Senior engineer/Team leader/Manage
Academic/Researcher

Tianjian was Reader in Structural Engineering at the University of Manchester. He developed Seeing and Touching Structural Concepts for gaining an intuitive understanding by using simple physical models and appropriate practical examples. He is the author of two books: Understanding and Using Structural Concepts and Structural Design against Deflection.

Contact

Email - [email protected]