engineering

Structurae

Structurae is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Structurae rather than just read about it. In short: Structurae is an online database containing pictures and information about structural and civil engineering works, and their associated engineers, architects, and builders. Overview Structurae was founded in 1998 by Nicolas Janberg, who had studied civil engineering at Princeton University.

Key takeaways

Structurae belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Structurae to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Structurae from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Structurae is an online database containing pictures and information about structural and civil engineering works, and their associated engineers, architects, and builders.

Overview Structurae was founded in 1998 by Nicolas Janberg, who had studied civil engineering at Princeton University. In March 2012, Structurae was acquired by Ernst & Sohn, a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., with Janberg joining the company as Structurae's editor-in-chief. At that time, the website received more than one million pageviews per month, and was available in English, French and German. In 2015, Janberg bought the site back to operate it as a freelancer again.

References

External links

Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Structurae

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Structurae claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Structurae before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Structurae ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Structurae

In research: Structurae appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Structurae in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Structurae is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1998 establishments in Germany, Architecture databases, Architecture stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Structurae outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Structurae in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Structurae means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Structurae out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Structurae in simple terms?

Structurae is an online database containing pictures and information about structural and civil engineering works, and their associated engineers, architects, and builders. Overview Structurae was founded in 1998 by Nicolas Janberg, who had studied civil engineering at Princeton University.

Why does Structurae matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Structurae?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Structurae.