Er Santosh M Naik, GMICE, AMIE

      Have you ever come across the concept of a short circuit in your everyday experiences? It's a phenomenon that can result in significant harm to your electrical devices. However, have you ever considered the possibility that a short circuit can generate a force capable of damaging structures? It's quite fascinating, isn't it? When I first learned about it, I was quite surprised. This force is known as a short circuit load, and it holds great significance in power generation structures. Allow me to delve into further detail about this force. Short Circuit      A short circuit refers to a situation in an electrical circuit where a direct connection, or short circuit, occurs between the supply voltage or power source and the load or device being powered. In a short circuit, the resistance in the circuit becomes very low, resulting in a significant increase in current flow.      When a short circuit occurs, the current bypasses the norm...

  This article basically focuses on the scope of structural engineering.  There is a common misconception among youngsters that structural engineering is limited to high-rise-building and bridges. Definitely designing buildings or bridges is not an easy task. Lots of knowledge is required like deciding the framing, the type of foundation, loading application, seismic analysis, etc... So I’m not denying that building or bridge design is an important sector. But my focus is that other domains of structural engineering are equally important in nation-building College syllabus: College syllabus is set in such a way that the main subjects are related to building design and bridge design. Hence students lack knowledge of the scope and they blindly follow building designs as dream departments. Definitely, basic design knowledge is required such as beam, girder, column, footing, and connection. but the syllabus should not focus only on building or bridge designs. It's the duty o...