This dimension links an engineered system to the branch of engineering that designed it. Wikipedia describes the Hoover Dam as "a concrete arch-gravity dam," a structure squarely within civil engineering rather than mechanical or electrical design. Browsing by field groups systems built by the same branch of engineering.
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Civil engineering
WikipediaHistory, As a profession, 1747 first institutionQuote, History, As a profession, 1747 first institution
In 1747, the first institution for the teaching of civil engineering, the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, was established in France
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