Structural Engineering: Mechanics and Design

Structural Optimization

Dynamic and Seismic Applications

By Franklin Y. Cheng, Kevin Z. Truman

Series: Structural Engineering: Mechanics and Design

Today’s biggest structural engineering challenge is to design better structures, and a key issue is the need to take an integrated approach which balances control of costs with the requirement for handling earthquakes and other dynamic forces. Structural optimization is based on rigorous...

Published June 16th 2010 by CRC Press

FRP Composites for Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Structures

A Guide to Fundamentals and Design for Repair and Retrofit

By Perumalsamy Balaguru, Antonio Nanni, James Giancaspro

Series: Structural Engineering: Mechanics and Design

High strength fibre composites (FRPs) have been used with civil structures since the 1980s, mostly in the repair, strengthening and retrofitting of concrete structures. This has attracted considerable research, and the industry has expanded exponentially in the last decade. Design guidelines have...

Published November 4th 2008 by CRC Press

Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics for Engineers

By Paolo L. Gatti

Series: Structural Engineering: Mechanics and Design

Probability Theory and Statistical Methods for Engineers brings together probability theory with the more practical applications of statistics, bridging theory and practice. It gives a series of methods or recipes which can be applied to specific problems.This book is essential reading for...

Published November 10th 2004 by CRC Press

Innovative Shear Design

By Hrista Stamenkovic

Series: Structural Engineering: Mechanics and Design

Innovative Shear Design presents a new, rational and economical design procedure that offers increased protection against shear for all types of structures. The first part of the book describes the internal forces imposed on any flexurally bent member, and goes on to describe how these can interact...

Published February 20th 2002 by CRC Press

Modeling and Simulation Based Life-Cycle Engineering

By Ken Chong, Harold S. Morgan, Sunil Saigal, Stefan Thynell

Series: Structural Engineering: Mechanics and Design

Advances in computational power have facilitated the development of simulations unprecedented in their computational size, scope of technical issues, spatial and temporal resolution, complexity and comprehensiveness. As a result, complex structures from airplanes to bridges can be almost completely...

Published December 19th 2001 by CRC Press

Structural Stability in Engineering Practice

By Lajos Kollar

Series: Structural Engineering: Mechanics and Design

Structural Stability in Engineering Practice elucidates the various problems associated with attaining stability, and provides the results for practical use by the design engineer. By presenting a simple and visual description of the physical phenomena, the authors show how to determine the...

Published June 23rd 1999 by CRC Press

Earthquake Engineering

By Y-X. Hu, S-C. Liu, W. Dong

Series: Structural Engineering: Mechanics and Design

A unified presentation of engineering seismology and earthquake-resistant design, this book presents a wide ranging coverage of the whole subject of earthquake engineering so that the reader is given a clear appreciation of earthquakes before dealing with their effects on structures. In addition,...

Published July 17th 1996 by CRC Press

Composite Structures for Civil and Architectural Engineering

By D-H Kim

Series: Structural Engineering: Mechanics and Design

A thorough and understandable guide to the properties and design of structural composites. It derives from the author's many years of experience of research, industrial development and teaching....

Published November 30th 1994 by CRC Press