This book offers an introduction to numerical optimization methods in structural design. Employing a readily accessible and compact format, the book presents an overview of optimization methods, and equips readers to properly set up optimization problems and interpret the results.
This book offers an introduction to numerical optimization methods in structural design. Employing a readily accessible and compact format, the book p...
It is the only book to date on fatigue and fracture of fibre metal laminates (FMLs). The first section of the book provides a general background of the FML technology, highlighting the major FML types developed and studied over the past decades in conjunction with an overview of industrial developments based on filed patents.
It is the only book to date on fatigue and fracture of fibre metal laminates (FMLs). The first section of the book provides a general background of th...
This book describes an effective method for modeling advanced materials like polymers, composite materials and biomaterials, which are, as a rule, inhomogeneous.
This book describes an effective method for modeling advanced materials like polymers, composite materials and biomaterials, which are, as a rule, inh...
This comprehensive treatise covers in detail practical methods of analysis as well as advanced mathematical models for structures highly sensitive to creep and shrinkage. Effective computational algorithms for century-long creep effects in structures, moisture diffusion and high temperature effects are presented. The main design codes and recommendations (including RILEM B3 and B4) are critically compared. Statistical uncertainty of century-long predictions is analyzed and its reduction by extrapolation is discussed, with emphasis on updating based on short-time tests and on long-term...
This comprehensive treatise covers in detail practical methods of analysis as well as advanced mathematical models for structures highly sensitive ...
This book presents selected papers from the 2nd Workshop on "Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment," which was held in Brest, France in August 2016. Providing an overview of the state of the art in predicting the long-term durability of composite marine structures, it addresses modelling water diffusion; damage induced by water accelerated testing, including durability in design; in-service experiences; ocean energy; and offshore applications. Ensuring long-term durability is not only necessary for safety reasons, but also determines the economic viability of future marine...
This book presents selected papers from the 2nd Workshop on "Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment," which was held in Brest, France in ...
It will bring students and engineers from various disciplines up to date on key concepts that have become increasingly important in the design of safety-relevant engineering structures in general and in modern lightweight structures in the transportation industry in particular.
It will bring students and engineers from various disciplines up to date on key concepts that have become increasingly important in the design of safe...
This book describes the solution of contact problems with an emphasis on idealized (mainly linear) elastic problems that can be treated with elementary analytical methods. The target readership for the book includes researchers who encounter contact problems but whose primary focus is not contact mechanics.
This book describes the solution of contact problems with an emphasis on idealized (mainly linear) elastic problems that can be treated with elementar...
Now in this third updated and expanded edition, this text offers an introduction to the dynamics of active structures and to the feedback control of lightly damped flexible structures, with the emphasis on basic issues and simple control strategies that work.
Now in this third updated and expanded edition, this text offers an introduction to the dynamics of active structures and to the feedback control of l...
