2007-02-04 06:55:05 · 5 answers · asked by Ashiru A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Mathematics plays a grand role in designing any building. Namely one has to be able to determine the forces that will act on a building and them design the building sufficiently to withstand those forces. Forces include things like dead and live loads, which can be wind loads, earthquakes, snow, people, furniture, the building itself, and many more. All these things are represented mathematically. The strengths and other properties of the materials used in the building can also be expressed in math terms. So basically you want the building to be stronger than the loads on it.., it gets tougher from there.
2007-02-04 08:37:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 3,4,5 triangle can square a wood frame building
a 5-12-13 roof is a good pitch
How many Cu ft of cement to fill a sona tube
how many board feet to cover a roof ?
how many 4x8 sheets of drywall need to cover the inside of a home
If the diagonals are equal its a perfect retangle/square
Nuff
you can find more if you think about it
2007-02-04 15:11:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Engineers use math for all their calculations. Math is the LANGUAGE engineers communicate in.
Thus ""math is the method to communicate ideas and designs and to verify that the proposal will work.""
2007-02-05 17:41:42 · answer #3 · answered by daedgewood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whoa! That's sort of like asking what are the roles of recipes in cooking/food preparation.
2007-02-04 15:04:54 · answer #4 · answered by AuntTater 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pretty much everything. You have to use a lot of math to find stuff out. like voltage, wattage and on and on
2007-02-04 15:02:34 · answer #5 · answered by Yup 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋