

Therefore, unless the structural elements sized correctly, the analysis has to be repeated many times regardless of using computer or hand calculation. Naturally, the detailed numerical analysis is to check values that have been employed in the preliminary analysis. In this stage dimensions of elements should be assumed before analysis is performed.

However, there is an important step before numerical structural analysis that is called preliminary analysis.

The usual way of analysis of structures is numerical (quantitative) method in which the structural designers should determine values for dimensions and loads and compute bending moments and reactions. 🕑 Reading time: 1 minuteQualitative structural analysis might not be familiar to structural engineers.
