Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wdl1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!jbn From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cse Subject: Re: Criteria Message-ID: <716@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 20:11:35 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.716 Posted: Tue Sep 24 20:11:35 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 07:12:39 EDT Sender: notes@wdl1.UUCP Organization: Ford Aerospace, Western Development Laboratories Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:wdl1:65700001:wdl1:65700003:000:507 Nf-From: wdl1!jbn Sep 24 12:37:00 1985 When you design large structures, such as bridges and buildings, the design is normally validated by structural analysis, with generous safety margins to allow for flaws in the materials and other problems. But you don't normally build a scale model of the entire building and subject it to static testing; the theory is well-enough developed that static behavior is predictable. So structural engineers must learn how to design, on paper, buildings that will definitely stand up. John Nagle Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com