Advances and Trends in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation

ISBN-13: 9780415584722 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 388 str.

Alphose Zingoni;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

Advances and Trends in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation features over 300 papers classified into 21 sections, which were presented at the Fourth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, 6-8 September 2010). The SEMC conferences have been held every 3 years in Cape Town, and since then brought together academics, researchers and practitioners active in structural mechanics, associated computation and structural engineering. The main purpose of the conferences was to review recent achievements in the advancement of knowledge and understanding in these areas, share the latest developments, and address the challenges that the present and the future pose. All major aspects of structural mechanics, associated computation and structural engineering are addressed in the present volume, including: structural mechanics (dynamics, vibration, impact, buckling, seismic response, fluid-structure interaction, soil-structure interaction); mechanics of materials (plasticity, fracture, fatigue, creep, shrinkage, damage, deterioration); numerical/computational modelling (numerical methods, formulations, finite-element modelling, structural modelling, material modelling, simulations); structural engineering and construction in the various materials (steel, concrete, timber, masonry, glass, steel-concrete composite, fibre-reinforced composite, laminated composite); design, construction and operational considerations (fire resistance, seismic resistance, loading, safety and reliability, codification, design optimisation, construction, assembly, monitoring, maintenance, repair, retrofitting). The structures dealt with include all sorts of buildings, sports facilities, bridges, viaducts, tunnels, underground structures, foundation structures, coastal structures, dams, industrial towers and masts, containment structures (silos, tanks and pressure vessels), ship and aircraft structures, motor-vehicle structures, mechanical components and biological structures. Advances and Trends in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation is published as a book of extended abstracts, and an accompanying CD-ROM with the full papers, and will be much of interest to engineers, academics and researchers in civil, structural, mechanical and aerospace engineering, and to those concerned with the analysis, design, construction and maintenance of engineering structures.

Spis treści

Preface 1. Keynotes (Challenges and advances in the analysis of structures, K.J. Bathe Recent developments in structural control research and applications in China, H.N. Li & L.S. Huo South African Stadium Projects: Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, K. Göppert Life-cycle performance, reliability, redundancy and optimal management of infrastructure systems: Applications to bridges and naval ships, D.M. Frangopol & N.M. Okasha The use of Eurocode 3 “Design of Steel Structures” in the design and verification of joints, F.S.K. Bijlaard Design life of thin-walled concrete domes, E. Hamed, M.A. Bradford, R.I. Gilbert & Z.-T. Chang) 2. Dynamic analysis, vibration analysis, vibration control 3. Seismic response, seismic design 4. Material modelling, numerical methods, numerical formulations, FEM modelling 5. Damage mechanics, fracture, fatigue, blast, impact, damage modelling 6. Loading on structures, structural analysis, testing, practical structural design 7. Plates, shells, pipes, laminated composites, sandwich structures 8. Thin-walled sections, steel structures, steel connections, steel-concrete composite structures 9. Behaviour of structures in fire, design for fire resistance 10. Reinforced and prestressed concrete structures 11. Fibre-reinforced concrete, high-strength concrete, high-performance concrete 12. Durability, creep, shrinkage and transport processes in concrete 13. Construction materials, construction methods, building performance 14. Timber structures, masonry structures, glass structures 15. Structural safety, structural reliability, risk assessment 16. Structural optimization 17. Structural health monitoring, damage detection 18. Structural failures, damage assessment, repair, strengthening, retrofitting 19. Sustainable construction, preservation, reconstruction 20. Soil-structure interaction, tunnels, underground structures, foundations 21. Structural engineering education

O autorze

Zingoni, Alphose