- May 25, 2023
- Posted by: Andrew Caetano
- Categories: Design Engineering, General, Innovation
Structural engineering is a complex and challenging field that requires expertise in math, physics, and materials science. Structural engineers are responsible for designing and analysing structure to withstand a range of forces, including wind, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. To do their job effectively, structural engineers need access to accurate information, the latest research, and innovative ideas. But how can AI tools assist engineers in conducting their jobs and improve outcomes for clients?
Design Assistance
An AI tool can assist engineers in designing structures by providing feedback and recommendations on design elements. For example, engineers can input the basic design specifications of a structure into an AI tool and use it to generate design recommendations, highlighting potential design flaws and opportunities for optimisation.
Research
AI tools can find info and research quickly, without having to spend hours searching the web. They can be helpful for research by providing access to large volumes of information, summarizing complex data, generating answers to specific questions, and allowing for more intuitive and efficient searching, saving clients time and money.
AI tools can find info and research quickly, without having to spend hours searching the web.
Analysis and Simulation
Structural engineers analyse and simulate structures to ensure that they can withstand a range of forces. AI tools can help by providing access to relevant data and analytical tools. For example, engineers can input data on the load capacity of a structure and AI tools can provide simulations that show how the structure will behave under different loads regimes.
Summarise Long Documents
Similary to many professions, engineers often to have read long documents to understand a new concept or code. AI tools can be useful for summarise long documents by using extractive or abstractive summarization techniques to help users quickly and efficiently understand the key points of a document. Although, fact checking the summary is recommended it can still be useful for quickly reading large documents.
Data entry
AI tools can help streamline the data entry process by automating tasks and reducing errors thereby reducing the time required by engineers for analysis.
Material Selection
Structural engineers select the right materials for their projects to ensure that they are safe, durable, and cost-effective. AI tools can provide information on the properties of different materials, such as stainless steels and geopolymer concretes which have unique properties and may require detailed investigation.
In conclusion, AI tools can be valuable to structural engineers in improving their designs, optimizing their workflows, and assisting in research within in their field. By providing access to relevant data, and analytical tools, AI can help structural engineers to design more efficient and robust structures.
About the author
Ullani Caetano is a young person with a passion for creative arts. She is Marketing Coordinator at Think Structural Pty Ltd, a boutique consulting engineering firm for the mining, resources, and marine industry.
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