# Index of structural engineering articles

This is an alphabetical list of articles pertaining specifically to structural engineering. For a broad overview of engineering, please see List of engineering topics. For biographies please see List of engineers.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

A-frame – Aerodynamics – Aeroelasticity – Air-supported structure – Airframe – Aluminium – Analytical method – Angular frequency – Angular speed – Architecture – Architectural engineering – Arch – Arch bridge

## B

Base isolation – Beam – Beam axle – Bending – Bifurcation theory – Biomechanics – Boat Building – Body-on-frame – Box girder bridge – Box truss – Bridge engineering – Buckling – Building – Building construction – Building engineering

## C

Cable – Cable-stayed bridge – Cantilever – Cantilever bridge – Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer – Casing – Casting – Catastrophic failure – Center of mass – Chaos theory – Chassis – Chimneys – Coachwork – Coefficient of thermal expansion – Coil spring – Columns – Composite material – Composite structure – Compression – Compressive stress – Concrete – Concrete cover – Construction – Construction engineering – Construction management – Continuum mechanics – Corrosion – Crane – Creep – Crumple zone – Curvature

## D

Dam – Damper – Damping ratio – Dead and live loads – Deflection – Deformation – Direct stiffness method – Dome – Double wishbone suspension – Duhamel's integral – Dynamical system – Dynamics

## E

Earthquake – Earthquake engineering – Earthquake engineering research – Earthquake engineering structures – Earthquake loss – Earthquake performance evaluation – Earthquake simulation – Elasticity theory – Elasticity – Energy principles in structural mechanics – Engineering mechanics – Euler method – Euler–Bernoulli beam equation

## F

Falsework – Fatigue – Fibre reinforced plastic – Finite element analysis – Finite element method – Finite element method in structural mechanics – Fire safety – Fire protection – Fire protection engineering – First moment of area – Flexibility method – Floating raft system – Floor – Fluid mechanics – Footbridges – Force – Formwork – Foundation engineering – Fracture – Fracture mechanics – Frame – Frequency – Fuselage

## G

Girder – Grout

## H

Hoist – Hollow structural section – Hooke's law – Hull – Hurricane-proof building – Hyperboloid structure

## I

Institution of Structural Engineers

## J

Joint

## L

Lattice tower – Lever – Leaf spring – Limit state design – Linear elasticity – Linear system – Linkage – Live axle – Load – Load factor

## M

MacPherson strut – Masonry – Mast – Material science – Modulus of elasticity – Mohr–Coulomb theory – Monocoque – Moment – Moment distribution – Moment of inertia – Mortar – Moulding

## N

Newton method – Newtonian mechanics – Non-linear system – Numerical analysis – Non-persistent joint

## O

Offshore engineering – Oscillation

## P

Permissible stress design – Pile – Plastic analysis – Plastic bending – plasticity – Poisson's ratio – Portland cement – Portal frame – Precast concrete – Prestressed concrete – Pressure vessel

## R

Radius of gyration – Ready-mix concrete – Rebar – Reinforced concrete – Response spectrum – Retaining wall – Rigid frame – Rotation

## S

Second moment of area – Seismic analysis – Seismic loading – Seismic performance – Seismic retrofit – Seismic risk – Shear – Shear flow – Shear modulus – Shear strain – Shear strength – Shear stress – Shear wall – Shipbuilding – Ship Construction – Shock absorbers – Shotcrete – Shrinkage – Simple machine – Skyscraper – Slab – Solid mechanics – Space frame – Statics – Statically determinate – Statically indeterminate – Statistical method – Steel – Stiffness – Strand jack – Strength of materials – Stress analysis – Stress–strain curve – Strut – Strut bar – Structural analysis – Structural design – Structural dynamics – Structural failure – Structural health monitoring – Structural load – Structural mechanics – Structural steel – Structural system – Subframe – Superleggera – Suspension (disambiguation page) – Suspension bridge

## T

Tall building – Tensile architecture – Tensile strength – Tensile stress – Tensile structure – Tension – Timber – Timber framing – Thermal conductivity – Thermal shock – Thermodynamics – Thermoplastic – Truss – Truss bridge – Torsion – Torsion beam suspension – Torsion box – Tower – Tubular bridge – Tuned mass damper

## U

Unit dummy force method – Unsprung weight

## V

Vehicle dynamics – Vessel – Very large floating structures – Vibration – Vibration control – Virtual work

## W

Wall – Wear – Wedge – Welding – Wheel and axle

## Y

Yield strength – Young's modulus