Alphose Zingoni ... 388 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; (August, 2010) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0415584728 - ISBN-13: 978-0415584722 ...
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.