Resumen de Analysing existing structures: a brief introduction
There has never been a more pressing time to improve our understanding of existing structures. Each one represents an ‘investment’ of carbon emissions at some point in the past. Being able to analyse and modify them for new uses maximises the return on this investment and reduces the need for present-day emissions, particularly if this can be done without extensive strengthening works.
Engineers working with existing structures will need to be familiar with the behaviour and construction of a wide variety of materials and structural types, both modern and historic.
They will need to exercise engineering judgement more frequently and possess a fi rm grasp of fi rst principles to ensure such judgements are sound.
