Insight not numbers – a brief history of computing in structural engineering

Author: A. Mann

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1 March 2016

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Insight not numbers – a brief history of computing in structural engineering

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The Structural Engineer
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A. Mann

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The Structural Engineer, Volume 94, Issue 3, 2016, Page(s) 3

Date published

1 March 2016

Author

A. Mann

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The Structural Engineer, Volume 94, Issue 3, 2016, Page(s) 3

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Standard: £10 + VAT
Members/Subscribers: Free

A glance at this special issue’s contents will reveal how much computer technology underpins much of today’s practice. What is perhaps surprising is that today’s status has been reached from a zero start over the working life of engineers now retiring – and almost explosively over perhaps half a working life, from the mid-1990s. The challenges of coping with today’s technology, let alone what is going to happen in the next decade, are formidable.

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