Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) - Structural Engineering

Engineers are populace who put together the things to work. The toil and thoughts of engineers make accomplishment achievable. They put power and materials to work. Engineers work to develop economic and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics, scientific knowledge and cleverness while considering technical constraints. There are all sorts of engineers who are coming forward in sum or another field. One of them is Structural Engineering.

Structural Engineering is concerned with the study, planning, design, building, inspection, monitoring, upholding and treatment of enduring and temporary structures, as well as structural systems and their components.  Structural Engineering design the structure of buildings, bridges, towers, stadiums and that is not the limit they even design the structures for space satellites, aircrafts and ships etc. They build it strong enough and stable to resist all loads. They design and build it in such a manner that it can handle all types of calamity like rain, wind, snow, earth quake etc.

Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) is the most amazing structure designed and built by the structural engineers. This is the first bridge in India constructed on the sea and developed completely by the Indian engineers. It is the first longest bridge on sea in India; Bandra-Worli Sea Link is a structural engineering marvel spanning an arc of the Mumbai coastline. This bridge is also known as Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link. It is 5.6 kilometer (3.5 mile) long and width is 66 ft bridge constructed in Arabian Sea joins the two suburbs of Mumbai, Bandra and Worli. Bandra-Worli Sea Link has 8 lanes carriageway bridge across the open sea.

Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) consists of twin continuous tangible box girder bridge sections for traffic in each direction. It has 16-lane toll plaza with 20-m wide promenade together with state-of-the-art traffic complete with concrete barriers. The bridge alignment is defined with vertical and horizontal curves. It is a cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete-steel viaducts on either side. The bridge shortens the distance between the two suburbs that is Bandra in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai and Worli in South Mumbai, where the travelling time by normal road was 40 minutes now because of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link you can cover the distance in 7 minutes. The bridge looks awesome especially at night.

This can be the benefits of the structural engineering. So it matters a lot how the structure has been planned, designed to build it and to give the structure a strong foundation with a great look. In such way structural engineers makes a difference and shape the built environment. Structural engineers take up the challenges with excitement and face them with an excellent problem solving skills.

Architecture Engineering of Taj Mahal

Architectural Engineering is engineers who deal in the designing and construction for all different kinds of buildings. The practice of architecture includes the planning, designing and overseeing the building's construction.  

We have come through a lot of Architect Buildings designed and constructed the most popular is the Taj Mahal which is also listed in the 7 wonders of world. The Taj Mahal is India’s most famous structure, perhaps the most beautiful piece of architecture in the world.  Taj Mahal is based in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.  Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memorial of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.  Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal architecture, a method that is slight blend of elements from Persian, Indian and Turkish Architecture.

Taj Mahal covers the area of 42 acres in total with the land gradually sloping from south to north towards the river Yamuna. The height of the Taj Mahal is 171 metres (561 feet). The large main tomb in white marble structure stands on a square platform which is raised 50meter above the river bank. There are minarets at each corner of square which is 137feet; the beautiful and spherical dome is 58feet in diameter and 81feet in height.

Construction of Taj Mahal started in year 1631 and it took 22 years to build where 20000 people  including masons, stonecutters, carvers, painters, inlayers, dome-builders, calligraphers and others worked day and night to construct this historical monument. More than 1,000 elephants were employed to transport the construction materials used to build the Taj. The Taj Mahal is surrounded by significant gardens, at west side of the tomb there is mosque and at east side of tomb there is Naqqar Khana which means a guest house. The mosque and the guest house are built in red sandstone and it uses the principles of self-replicating geometry and symmetry of architectural elements.

To construct this architectural wonder, they zealously synchronized all the ideas, suggestions and projects presented by various skilled artists; they were Persian, Indian and Turkish. The masterminds proposed and put up the cautious and correct amalgamation of innumerable designs and opinions to construct such an architectural balance and magnificence.

3D Mechanical Drafting:

Mechanical drawing is a type of technical drawing which shows information about mechanical systems like heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Technical drawing, also called "drafting," is a particular form of drawing used by designers, architects and engineers. There are a number of standards and conventions for technical drawing, as technical drawings are meant to show information and are interpreted as such. Elements like layout, text, symbols, types of view projections, dimensioning, descriptive geometry and line thickness are all standardized in technical drawing.

Mechanical 3D drafting includes multidimensional operations such as structural drawing from a number of abstract sketches, assembly drawing, digitization of a master drawing, piping diagrams, fabrication drawings and so on. While developing any mechanical component, the most obvious first step is to come up with the initial drafting sheet in a standardized format that can be comprehended by virtually anyone involved in the manufacturing process. Mechanical 3D drafting essentially has to accurately and clearly capture all the geometric features of a product or a component and thus convey all the required information that will allow a manufacturer to produce that component.

Mechanical 3D Drafting include services such as drawing from abstract sketches, paper to CAD Conversions, Image to DWG formats ,mechanical parts and components, assembly drawings, fabrication drawings, piping diagrams, translation to other 3D Software etc. One extension of 3D drafting is 3D wire frame. Each line has to be manually inserted into the drawing. It is now possible to design, present and document an entire design of any size or shape in complete mechanical 3D. Clients get a better visual representation of their design, the plans are more accurate and many designing issues are resolved early by the 3D Mechanical form being created in virtual reality.

There are numerous amounts of drawings that are created in 3D now. Architecture is developed with software that allows the CAD Draftsmen to create walls with the click of a mouse. Also the Drafter can create windows, doors, roofs, and slabs with one command. It’s a little more complicated than that, but you get the idea. They have specific commands made specifically for designing those characteristics within the 3D drawing. The same goes for mechanical parts where you can insert threads for nuts, and bolts. Within Civil drafting programs from Autodesk, you can use Google Earth to view the lot you’re working on. 3D drafting has incorporated all the principles of technical drawing, and has made life a lot easier of Draftsmen.