Advances in Engineering Structures, Mechanics & Construction
Advances in Engineering Structures, Mechanics & Construction

Author: M. Pandey

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-02-10

Total Pages: 847

ISBN-13: 1402048912

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This book presents the proceedings of an International Conference on Advances in Engineering Structures, Mechanics & Construction, held in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2006. The contents include contains the texts of all three plenary presentations and all seventy-three technical papers by more than 153 authors, presenting the latest advances in engineering structures, mechanics and construction research and practice.

Optimization of Structural Topology, Shape, and Material
Optimization of Structural Topology, Shape, and Material

Author: Martin P. Bendsoe

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 3662031159

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In the past, the possibilities of structural optimization were restricted to an optimal choice of profiles and shape. Further improvement can be obtained by selecting appropriate advanced materials and by optimizing the topology, i.e. finding the best position and arrangement of structural elements within a construction. The optimization of structural topology permits the use of optimization algorithms at a very early stage of the design process. The method presented in this book has been developed by Martin Bendsoe in cooperation with other researchers and can be considered as one of the most effective approaches to the optimization of layout and material design.

Recent Progress in Steel and Composite Structures
Recent Progress in Steel and Composite Structures

Author: Marian A. Gizejowski

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-05-03

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 1315623196

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Recent Progress in Steel and Composite Structures includes papers presented at the XIIIth International Conference on Metal Structures (ICMS 2016, Zielona Gra, Poland, 15-17 June 2016). The contributions focus on the progress made in theoretical, numerical and experimental research, with special attention given to new concepts and algorithmic proc

Inelastic Behaviour of Plates and Shells
Inelastic Behaviour of Plates and Shells

Author: Luiz Bevilacqua

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 3642827764

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During the last ten years a considerable volume of inform ation has been accumulated regarding the inelastic behaviour of materials. The increasing number of communications published in specialised journals and also the frequency of meetings in these fields, indicates a considerable research effort aimed at such topics as plasticity, creep, fatigue, visco-plasticity and the like. This fact encouraged a group of Brazilian researchers, stimulated enthusiastically by Professor P. Germain, to submit a proposal for a Symposium on the "Inelastic Behaviour of Plates and Shells" to the General Assembly of IUTAM. Brazil had recently joined IUTAM and the Brazilian Association of Mechanical Sciences was eager to host an IUTAM meeting. In the selection of the subject, it was taken into account, besides a promising number of original contributions, the interest to be raised amongst the Brazilian researchers and engineers, in order to maximise the participation of the host country. The recent steps taken in this country towards the develop ment of the aero-space industry, the construction of nuclear power plants a.nd the off-shore exploration of petroleum have required an intensification of research activities in several fields, structural behaviour of plates and shells being one of the most important. Therefore, the suggested theme would attract the interest or a significant group of Brazilian researchers and engineers and match the necessity for exchanging experience among leading scientists working in those fields.