Extreme Man-Made and Natural Hazards in Dynamics of Structures

by Ibrahimbegovic, Adnan; Kozar, Ivica

• ISBN13: 9781402056543
• ISBN10: 1402056540
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-06
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

The book provides a critical assessment of the current knowledge and indicates new challenges which are brought about by the present times in fighting man-made and natural hazards in transient analysis of structures. The latter concerns both permanently fixed structures, such as those built to protect people and/or sensitive storage material (e.g. military installations) or special structures in transportation systems (e.g. bridges, tunnels), and moving structures (such as trains, planes, ships or cars). The present threat of terrorist attacks or accidental explosions, the climate change which brings strong stormy winds or even the destructive earthquake motion that occurs in previously inactive regions or brings about tsunamis, are a few examples of the kind of applications addressed in this work. Problems of such diversity cannot be placed within a single traditional scientific discipline, but call for the expertise in probability theory for quantifying the cause, interaction problems for better understanding the physical nature of the problems, as well as modeling and computational techniques for improving the representation of inelastic behavior mechanisms and providing the optimal design.

Table of Contents

Computational issues in the simulation of blast and impact problems : an industrial perspective	p. 3
Nonlinear transient analysis, testing and design of complex engineering structures for worst case accidents : experience from industrial and military applications	p. 37
On reliable finite element methods for extreme loading conditions	p. 71
Quantifying uncertainty : modern computational representation of probability and applications	p. 105
Optimum performance-based reliability design of structures	p. 137
Computational modelling of safety critical concrete structures at elevated temperatures	p. 163
Three-dimensional FE analysis of headed stud anchors exposed to fire	p. 177
Dynamics of tsunami waves	p. 201
Modelling fluid-induced structural vibrations : reducing the structural risk for stormy winds	p. 225
Seismic assessment of structures by a practice-oriented method	p. 257
Reducing the earthquake induced damage and risk in monumental structures : experience at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal for large concrete dams supported by Hydro-Quebec and Alcan	p. 285
Earthquake engineering experimental research at JRC-ELSA	p. 311
The history of earthquake engineering at the University of California Berkeley and recent developments of numerical methods and computer programs at CSI Berkeley	p. 353
Statistics on extreme loading conditions for Croatia
Security issues in Croatian construction industry : bases of statistical data for quantifying extreme loading conditions	p. 383
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