Abnormal Loading on Structures (eBook, ePUB)

Experimental and Numerical Modelling
Redaktion: Virdi, K. S.; Garas, Fikry; Clarke, J. L.; Matthews, R.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This report contains a series of papers on the analysis of structures through full scale and numerical modelling, including the crucial areas of hazard identification and risk assessment of structures. This book will be essential reading for civil and structural engineers, designers and researchers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040217498
• Artikelnr.: 73302949

Autorenporträt

K. S. Virdi, Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, City University, London, UK R. S. Matthews, Manager of Consultancy and Testing, Taylor Woodrow Construction, UK J. L. Clarke, Principal Engineer, Concrete Society, UK and Visiting Professor, Cranfield University, UK F. K. Garas, Chairman of the Institution of Structural Engineers' Informal Study Group Model Analysis as a Design Tool and Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, City University, London, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Institution of Structural Engineers Informal Study Group. Conference
organisation. Preface. Acknowledgements. Avalanche scenarios for alpine
highway bridges. Consideration of exceptional snow loads as accidental
actions. Evaluation of the peak forces on roof tiles under stormy
conditions. Wind loading on pitched roofs with complex geometric shapes.
Towards a statistical human body model for determining jump dynamic forces.
The development of a seismic test facility for full-scale structures. The
behaviour of connections in steel MR-frames under high-intensity earthquake
loading. Non-linear analysis of a reinforced concrete structure under
seismic loading. Dynamic analysis to determine source of blast damage.
Dynamic response of buildings and floor slabs to blast loading. Modelling
and progressive collapse of structures as a result of explosion. Tunnel
shells and fire protection - tests and analyses. Fire induced progressive
collapse analysis of safety critical structures. Substructuring in fire
engineering. Developing 'HAZOP' methodologies to refine fire risk
assessments. Bayesian assessment of structural risk under fire design
situation. Influence of strain gradient on the ductility of a reinforced
concrete column. High volumetric pressures and strain rate effects in
concrete. Non-linear numerical modelling of slender bridge piers. Testing
devices for investigating structures under abnormal loading. Contact force
response of confined concrete cylinders subjected to hard impact. Behaviour
of damaged reinforced concrete frames. Seismic tests on a full-scale
monument model. Seismic analyses of a r/c building - study of a
retrofitting solution. Cyclic testing and analysis of steel end-plate
connections. Numerical simulation and modelling of orthotropic steel bridge
decks. Dynamic response of steel duct panels to blast loading. Simulation
of lateral loading on coke oven walls during ram pushing. Full-scale test
of prototype superheater secondary restraint system. Carbon