EDUCATION RESOURCES © 2021 ANSYS, Inc. Claes Fredriksson and Bridget Ogwezi Ansys Materials Education Division Level 2 Industrial Case Study The Built Environment Originally Published: June 2019GRANTA EDUPACK © 2021 ANSYS, Inc. 2 1. Materials in the built environment The concept Built Environment is used when referring to surroundings created by humans, for humans, or to be used for human activity. This would include, for example, houses and other buildings, roads, parks, etc. It is obvious that this is of huge direct importance to everybody’s daily life, but it is also contributing some of our most urgent long-term challenges. With a world population of many billions, the impact from construction and maintenance is monumental. Resource extraction and material production as well

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