The ''Journal of Structural Engineering'' is the principal professional

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ed journal of the

American Society of Civil Engineers The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, it is the oldest national engineering soci ...

, the oldest professional civil engineering society in the United States. The journal is one of the flagship journals of the Society. It is sponsored by its division, the ASCE Structural Engineering Institute.

Scope

This journal shares knowledge and advances in the field of

structural engineering Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering in which structural engineers are trained to design the 'bones and joints' that create the form and shape of human-made Structure#Load-bearing, structures. Structural engineers also ...

. Topics that are covered include structural modeling and design; analytical, computational and experimental simulation techniques; and discuss methods for maintaining, rehabilitating monitoring existing structures, sustainable structures, resilient infrastructure, and state-of-the-art / state-of-practice content.

History

Originally, the journals was part of the ''proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers,'' first published in 1873 The Journal started publishing separately in 1956 as part of the ASCE ''Journal of the Structural Division'' (). In 1983, the title was changed to the ''Journal of Structural Engineering'' (). Past Editors of the Journal include: *John E. Bower: Vol. 107 No. 6 (1 Year 3 Months) *Donald Mcdonald: Vol. 108 No. 10 (1 Year 11 Months) *Thomas G. Williamson: Vol. 110 No. 10 (2 Years 1 Month) *Alfredo H-S. Ang: Vol. 112 No. 11 (4 Years 1 Month) *James T.P. Yao: Vol. 116 No. 12 (1 Year 10 Months) *Vernon B. Watwood: Vol. 118 No. 11 (1 Year 11 Months) *David Darwin: Vol. 120 No. 11 (5 Years 10 Months) *C. Dale Buckner: Vol. 126 No. 10 (2 Years 11 Months) *Sashi Kunnath: Vol. 129 No. 10 (7 Years) *Sherif El-Tawil: Vol. 136 No. 10 (Present)

Metrics

Indexes

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, and

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, Civil engineering database, OCLC (

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). It is available on

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References

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External links

ASCE LibraryJournal home page and editorial board

Structural engineering Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering in which structural engineers are trained to design the 'bones and joints' that create the form and shape of human-made Structure#Load-bearing, structures. Structural engineers also ...

English-language journals Structural engineering American Society of Civil Engineers academic journals