Links

Learning resources

I will keep adding to the list, more coming soon.

Drawing

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/drawing-gym/ This is the best thing I have seen in ages. Dust off your drawing board!
Sketching from the great people at Expedition.
More sketching this time from Chris wise of Expedition

Ethics, society and engineering

Engineering in society this eBook has been produced in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering- if you have ever wondered about your role as an engineer in society or the ethical implication of your design choices you should this!

Structural analysis

http://www.colincaprani.com/: a wealth of notes and tutorials
http://www.expeditionworkshed.org/ : Loads of great interactive resources like push-me-pull-me, catastrophe and fantastic video tutorials
http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/etools/ : Plenty of great educational software here. I particularly like the moment distribution program.
http://people.bath.ac.uk/abscjkw/ The personal webpage of Dr Chris Williams full of useful bits of code from dynamic relaxation to smooth particle hydrodynamics!
http://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/downloads-by-category/Doug Jenkins has published a catolgue of the tools he has built (and made public) this year. This is truly fantastic if you have an interest in structural analysis and excel programming. A must for students!

Material Selection

Interactive material selection charts : A great tool for considering the relative merits of different structural materials

Steel

http://www.celsauk.com Website of a large steel manufacturer. For a great PDF explaining the need for ductility in engineering structures whilst highlighting that all steels are not equal! CLICK HERE
http://wschang.info/ Some great students notes and quiz questions on EC3 and connections. Also excellent summaries of Dr Wen-Shao Chang's research into Timber connections

Timber

https://www.trada.co.uk/academic: Almost everything you ever needed to know about Timber can be found here
http://cib-w18.com/ The proceedings of the CIB-W18 meetings are now back cataloged and searchable by keyword/author online for free. This is access to the last 20+ years of advanced timber engineering
http://www.timberfreak.co.uk/The personal blog of Thomas Rogers a lecturer from Coventry University with a passion for Timber Engineering

Masonry

http://www.obvis.com/news: A great site providing a monthly critical analysis of existing masonry arch structures

Technical Guidance

As well as being the world's leading professional body for qualifications and standards in structural engineering, The Institution of Structural Engineers also provide lots of educational resources for students, below are links to their technical guidance documents. Join the institution to make the most of it!

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