The engineer of the future is a centaur

Author: Peter Debney

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2 January 2020

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The engineer of the future is a centaur

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The Structural Engineer
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Peter Debney

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The Structural Engineer, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2020, Page(s) 7

Date published

2 January 2020

Author

Peter Debney

Citation

The Structural Engineer, Volume 98, Issue 1, 2020, Page(s) 7

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Standard: £10 + VAT
Members/Subscribers: Free

Peter Debney discusses digital technology and how it has transformed structural engineering over the past 50 years and what the future holds for engineering design and practice.

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Digital technology has transformed structural engineering over the past 50 years: calculators have replaced slide rules, finite-element analysis can be run for any structure, apps size beams and rebar, computer-aided design has removed drawing boards and been supplanted by building information modelling. These tools have all been automating designs and workflows. Now artificial intelligence, which includes machine learning, promises to do the same for engineering design and practice, especially for situations that are too complex for the current generation of programs.

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7
Publisher:
The Institution of Structural Engineers

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Research & Innovation Digital Issue 1

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