Computational Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering: Structures and Infrastructures Book Series, Vol. 2

by Manolis Papadrakakis (Editor), Dimos C. Charmpis (Editor), Yannis Tsompanakis (Editor), Nikos D. Lagaros (Editor)

Overview

The increasing necessity to solve complex problems in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering requires the development of new ideas, innovative methods and numerical tools for providing accurate numerical solutions in affordable computing times.

This book presents the latest scientific developments in Computational Dynamics, Stochastic Dynamics, Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering in thirty-five self-contained contributions. The selected state-of-the-art chapters are revised and extended versions of the papers which were presented as plenary, semi-plenary and keynote lectures at the thematic COMPDYN 2007 Conference.

This volume will benefit researchers and engineering professionals working on structural dynamics, earthquake engineering and computational mechanics. Readers will get acquainted with advanced computational methods and software tools, which can assist them in tackling complex problems in dynamic/seismic analysis and design. Moreover, it will raise the awareness of important application areas and the social impact of the scientific and technical fields involved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415452618
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/04/2008
Series:	Structures and Infrastructures , #2
Pages:	670
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Manolis Papadrakakis is a Professor in Civil Engineering His research activities are focused on the development and the application of the latest computer methods and technology to structural engineering analysis and design. He has written and edited many publications, both in English and in Greek.

Dimos Charmpis is a Lecturer at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Cyprus. His research interests in Computational Mechanics aim for development and exploitation of innovative computational methodologies for the analysis and design of structures under static or dynamic/seismic loading. He has specialized in finite element methods, uncertainties in structural properties and loads, structural design optimization, soft computing applications, solution procedures for finite element equations and high performance computing.

Yiannis Tsompanakis is an Assistant Professor of structural earthquake engineering. He has many research and practical projects in earthquake engineering and computational mechanics. His main interests include: computational dynamics, structural and geotechnical earthquake engineering, structural optimization, probabilistic mechanics, structural assessment, applications of artificial intelligence methods in engineering.

Nikos D. Lagaros is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering. His main research interests include: *nonlinear dynamic analysis of concrete and steel structures under seismic loading, *performance-based earthquake engineering, *structural design optimization of real-world'structures, *seismic risk and reliability analysis, * neural network in structural engineering, *fragility evaluation of reinforced concrete and steel structures, *inverse problems in structural dynamics, *parallel and distributed computing/Grid computing technologies, *evolutionary computations and *geotechnical earthquake engineering.

Table of Contents

PART 1

Computational Structural Dynamics

1 Computational stochastic dynamics – some lessons learned

2 Finite element response sensitivity, probabilistic response and

reliability analyses

3 Energy-momentum algorithms for nonlinear solid dynamics and their assumed strain finite element formulation

4 Energy conservation and high-frequency damping in numerical

time integration

5 Computational elastoacoustics of uncertain complex systems and

experimental validation

6 Structural dynamics design validation and optimisation of structures

with imprecise parameters using the fuzzy finite element method

7 Morphological indicators and the prediction of the first natural frequency of a lightweight structure

8 Dynamic analysis of plates stiffened by parallel beams with

deformable connection

9 Impacts on beams: Uncertainty in experiments and numerical simulation

10 Rational derivation of conserving time integration

schemes: The moving-mass case

11 Classical and soft robust active control of smart beams

12 Rail vibrations caused by ground stiffness transitions

13 Development and applications of a staggered FEM-BEM methodology for ground vibrations due to moving train loads

14 Vibration monitoring as a diagnosis tool for structural

condition assessment

PART 11

Computational Earthquake Engineering

15 Multi-resolution distributed FEA simulation of a 54-story RC building

16 Simplified probabilistic seismic performance assessment of buildings

17 Computational simulation of the seismic response of buildings with

energy dissipating devices

18 Structural health monitoring by Bayesian updating

19 A multiphase model with hypoplastic formulation of the solid phase

and its application to earthquake engineering problems

20 Mixed Lagrangian formulation in analysis of collapse of structures

21 Nonlinear models and nonlinear procedures for seismic analysis

of reinforced concrete frame structures

22 Modelling inelastic buckling of reinforcing bars under earthquake loading

23 Analyzing steel moment-resisting connections using finite element

modeling

24 Earthquake damage scenario software for urban areas

25 Nonlinear performance assessment of bridges with Incremental Response Spectrum Analysis (IRSA) procedure

26 The equivalent modal damping concept and its use in seismic design of steel structures

27 Bayesian updating and model class selection of deteriorating hysteretic structural models using recorded seismic response

28 Parallel soil–foundation–structure interaction computations

29 Dynamic interaction of retaining walls and retained soil and structures

30 Earthquake response of liquid tanks installed in saturated

transversely isotropic soil

31 Advances in design optimization of reinforced concrete structural systems

32 Robust stochastic optimal control of seismically excited buildings

33 A multi-objective robust criterion for tuned mass dampers optimal design

34 Performance-based seismic optimization implementing neural networks

35 A very efficient computational procedure for the reliability-based

optimization of uncertain stochastic linear dynamical systems

Editorial Reviews

"This book presents the latest scientific developments in computational dynamics, stochastic dynamics, structural dynamics and earthquake engineering in 35 self-contained contributions. The selected state-of-the-art chapters are revised and extended versions of the papers which were presented as plenary, semi-plenary and keynote lectures at the thematic COMPDYN 2007 Conference. This volume will benefit researchers and engineering professionals working on structural dynamics, earthquake engineering a computational mechanics. Readers will get acquainted with advanced computational methods and software tools, which can assist them in tackling complex problems in dynamic/seismic analysis and design. It will also raise the awareness of important application areas and the social impact of the scientific and technical fields involved."

—MCEER Information Service (IS), April 1, 2009

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