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5.1.4 Main Takeaways on Structural Performance

Course subject(s) Module 5. Selection of Materials and Structures

Engineering structures are a compromise between structural performance/capability and constraints on the system they are contained within.

Structural performance/capability is a function of:

  • Properties of materials used in the structural design
  • Geometrical features and dimensional aspects of that particular structure

This is aside from any manufacturing aspects that must also be considered.

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