Editing Design choice

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A '''design choice''' describes the planned way to satisfy an [[engineering]] development [[requirement]] in a way that could be satisfied differently. Often, there are multiple ways to satisfy a requirement, which necessitates making choices to select from possible design options. Selection is often based on financial considerations, often resulting in the least expensive option.

In [[civil engineering]], design choices typically derive from basic principles of [[materials science]] and [[structural design]]. A suspension bridge, for example, uses the fact that [[steel]] is extremely efficient in [[tension (mechanics)|tension]], while a prestressed concrete bridge takes advantage of [[concrete]]'s relatively low cost by weight and its ability to sustain high compressive loading (see [[compression (physical)|compression]]).

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