Dynamic Loading and Design of Structures

• Other Authors: Kappos, Andreas J. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Spon Press 2001; ©2002
• Subjects: Structural dynamic; Structural design
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• Physical Description: xiii, 374 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780419229308; 0419229302

Until now, information on the dynamic loading of structures has been widely scattered. No other book has examined the different types of loading in a comprehensive and systematic manner, and looked at their signficance in the design process. The book begins with a survey of the probabilistic background to all forms of loads, which is particularly important to dynamic loads, and then looks at the main types in turn: wind, earthquake, wave, blast and impact loading. The relevant code provisions (Eurocode and UBC American) are detailed and a number of examples are used to illustrate the principles. A final section covers the analysis for dynamic loading, drawing out the concepts underlying the treatment of all dynamic loads, and the corresponding modelling techniques. Throughout there is a focus on the modelling of structures, rather than on classical structural dynamics.