Extreme Man-made and Natural Hazards in Dynamics of Structures

by Ibrahimbegovic, Adnan; Kozar, Ivica

• ISBN13: 9781402056550
• ISBN10: 1402056559
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-06
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The book provides a critical assessment of the current knowledge and indicates new challenges which are brought about at present times by 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 found 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

Numerical modelling and dynamics of complex structures

Computational issues in the simulation of blast and impact problems: An industrial perspective

Nonlinear transient analysis, testing and design of complex engineering structures for worst case accidents: Experience from industrial and military applications

On reliable finite element methods for extreme loading conditions

Probability aspects, design and uncertainty

Quantifying uncertainty: Modern computational representation of probability and applications

Optimum performance-based reliability design of structures

Fire and explosion induced extreme loading conditions

Computational modelling of safety critical concrete structures at elevated temperatures

Three-dimensional FE analysis of headed stud anchors exposed to fire

Fluid flow induced extreme loading conditions

Dynamics of tsunami waves

Modelling fluid-induced structural vibrations: Reducing the structural risk for stormy winds

Earthquake induced extreme loading conditions

Seismic assessment of structures by practice-oriented method

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

Earthquake engineering experimental research at JRC-ELSA

The history of earthquake engineering at the University of California Berkeley and recent developments of numerical methods and computer programs at CSI Berkeley

Appendix: Statistics on extreme loading conditions for Croatia

Security issues in Croatian construction industry: Bases of statistical data for quantifying extreme loading conditions

Author index

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