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By applying the perceived laws of nature and by using its varied but finite resources, civil engineering builds a new environment, superimposed onto the original one, for the use and convenience of mankind. Conceptual design is about thinking it out before any realization of this construction takes place, even before any detailed design calculations are done. It is a significant creative act, which integrates the arts and science of engineering as well as the technological and the extratechnological aspects.
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Srivastava, N.K. (1997). Learning Conceptual Design. In: Roorda, J., Srivastava, N.K. (eds) Trends in Structural Mechanics. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5476-5_38
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