Design Analysis of Beams, Circular Plates and Cylindrical Tanks on Elastic Foundations
Design Analysis of Beams, Circular Plates and Cylindrical Tanks on Elastic Foundations

Author: Edmund S. Melerski

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-11-26

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1000151182

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This extended and revised second edition elaborates on techniques for the numerical analysis of beams, long strips, circular plates, and circular-cylindrical tanks resting on elastic foundations and on unyielding or elastic supports. Emphasis is placed on the simplicity of analysis, while maintaining the accuracy of results, and a large number of examples are included as illustration. Easy-to-use, fully-revised software is included which runs smoothly under current Windows operating systems. The applicability of the software is extended to analysis of laterally-loaded piles and bending analysis of retaining walls. A bonus suite of complementary software containing programmes for elastic-plastic soil-structure interaction analyses of beams or strips, laterally-loaded piles or sheet-piles, and long retaining walls is also included. This package of numerical techniques and software provides a powerful tool which renders design analysis of structures easy and time-efficient. Practising engineers will find this title invaluable, while postgraduate students and researchers working in soil-structure interaction will also find the book-software package very useful.

Design Analysis of Beams, Circular Plates and Cylindrical Tanks on Elastic Foundations with IBM-compatible Software
Design Analysis of Beams, Circular Plates and Cylindrical Tanks on Elastic Foundations with IBM-compatible Software

Author: Edmund S. Melerski

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9789058093035

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This book presents comprehensive outlines of elastic numerical analyses of beams, axisymetric plates, and circular-cylindrical tanks resting on elastic foundations and/or unyielding supports. The included software is based on the numerical techniques discussed in the book and constitutes a powerful tool, making the design analysis of the related structures very easy. Together, the book and software are of great practical use to engineers working in the design of beams, strips, circular plates, cylindrical tanks and silos, and also to postgraduate students and researchers with interest in this area of soil-structure interaction. Furthermore, the book will be a valuable resource in engineering education involving modern computer-based analysis techniques. Elastic foundations are modelled either as Winkler springs or elastic half-space continua (isotropic and cross-anisotropic). Applied solutions techniques incorporate a variant of the direct stiffness method and an energy-based finite difference approach.

Design Analysis of Beams, Circular Plates and Cylindrical Tanks on Elastic Foundations
Design Analysis of Beams, Circular Plates and Cylindrical Tanks on Elastic Foundations

Author: Edmund S. Melerski

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780415383516

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"The book and software are of great use to practising engineers engaged in design of beams, strips, circular plates, circular-cylindrical tanks and silos. Postgraduate students and researchers working in the soil-structure interaction area should also find the book-software package of great value."--BOOK JACKET.

Design of Foundation Systems
Design of Foundation Systems

Author: N. P. Kurian

Publisher: Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 862

ISBN-13: 9781842651278

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This textbook first published in 1992 now appearing in its third edition retains the best features from the earlier editions and adds significantly to the contents, which include developments in the 1990s.

Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Harmony Search, Soft Computing and Applications
Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Harmony Search, Soft Computing and Applications

Author: Sinan Melih Nigdeli

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-11-16

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9811586039

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This book covers different aspects of real-world applications of optimization algorithms. It provides insights from the Sixth International Conference on Harmony Search, Soft Computing and Applications held at Istanbul University, Turkey, in July 2020. Harmony Search (HS) is one of the most popular metaheuristic algorithms, developed in 2001 by Prof. Joong Hoon Kim and Prof. Zong Woo Geem, that mimics the improvisation process of jazz musicians to seek the best harmony. The book consists of research articles on novel and newly proposed optimization algorithms; the theoretical study of nature-inspired optimization algorithms; numerically established results of nature-inspired optimization algorithms; and real-world applications of optimization algorithms and synthetic benchmarking of optimization algorithms.

Analysis of Structures on Elastic Foundation
Analysis of Structures on Elastic Foundation

Author: Levon G. Petrosian

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-06-12

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 1000585697

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- Introduces a general approach to the method of integral transforms based on the spectral theory of the linear differential operators. - Presents a new, versatile foundation model with a number of advantages over the ground-based models currently used in practical calculations. - Provides new transforms which will aid in solving various problems relevant to bars, beams, plates, and shells in particular for the structures on elastic foundation. - Examines the methods of solving boundary-value problems typical for structural mechanics and related fields.

Metaheuristic Approaches for Optimum Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Metaheuristic Approaches for Optimum Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Author: Kayabekir, Aylin Ece

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2020-03-20

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 179982666X

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Reinforced concrete structures are one of the major structural types and must adhere to design regulation codes. It is ideal to find the best design (section dimension, material type, and amount of reinforcement) with the minimum cost providing the design constraints (design formulation considering loading of structure). Metaheuristic methods inspired by natural phenomena can consider design constraints by combining the analyses of formulation of reinforced concrete structures with an iterative numerical algorithm using several convergence options of random generation of candidate design solutions. Metaheuristic Approaches for Optimum Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a pivotal reference source that focuses on several metaheuristic algorithms and the design of several types of structural members. Additionally, retrofit applications and seismic design issues are considered for readers in earthquake zones. Highlighting a wide range of topics including algorithms, design variables, and retrofit design, this book is ideally designed for architects, engineers, urban designers, government officials, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and students.

Shell Structures: Theory and Applications
Shell Structures: Theory and Applications

Author: Wojciech Pietraszkiewicz

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-09-18

Total Pages: 602

ISBN-13: 1138000825

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Shells are basic structural elements of modern technology and everyday life. Examples are automobile bodies, water and oil tanks, pipelines, aircraft fuselages, nanotubes, graphene sheets or beer cans. Also nature is full of living shells such as leaves of trees, blooming flowers, seashells, cell membranes, the double helix of DNA or wings of insects. In the human body arteries, the shell of the eye, the diaphragm, the skin or the pericardium are all shells as well. Shell Structures: Theory and Applications, Volume 3 contains 137 contributions presented at the 10th Conference “Shell Structures: Theory and Applications” held October 16-18, 2013 in Gdansk, Poland. The papers cover a wide spectrum of scientific and engineering problems which are divided into seven broad groups: general lectures, theoretical modelling, stability, dynamics, bioshells, numerical analyses, and engineering design. The volume will be of interest to researchers and designers dealing with modelling and analyses of shell structures and thin-walled structural elements.

Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation

Author: A. Zingoni

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2001-03-16

Total Pages: 1704

ISBN-13: 0080541925

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Following on from the International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, held in Cape Town in April 2001, this book contains the Proceedings, in two volumes. There are over 170 papers written by Authors from around 40 countries worldwide. The contributions include 6 Keynote Papers and 12 Special Invited Papers. In line with the aims of the SEMC 2001 International Conference, and as may be seen from the List of Contents, the papers cover a wide range of topics under a variety of themes. There is a healthy balance between papers of a theoretical nature, concerned with various aspects of structural mechanics and computational issues, and those of a more practical nature, addressing issues of design, safety and construction. As the contributions in these Proceedings show, new and more efficient methods of structural analysis and numerical computation are being explored all the time, while exciting structural materials such as glass have recently come onto the scene. Research interest in the repair and rehabilitation of existing infrastructure continues to grow, particularly in Europe and North America, while the challenges to protect human life and property against the effects of fire, earthquakes and other hazards are being addressed through the development of more appropriate design methods for buildings, bridges and other engineering structures.