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One of the characteristics of structural engineers is that they can “read” structures: they can look at a bridge, or a roof-structure, or an aeroplane, and explain to a lay passer-by how the structure “works”. It is part of the proper education of a potential structural engineer to learn how to think about structures in this way.
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Calladine, C.R. (2000). Deployable Structures: What Can We Learn from Biological Structures?. In: Pellegrino, S., Guest, S.D. (eds) IUTAM-IASS Symposium on Deployable Structures: Theory and Applications. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 80. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9514-8_8
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