Advances and Trends in Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Computation PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICS AND COMPUTATION, 6-8 SEPTEMBER 2010, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

• Corporate Author: International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Computation Cape Town, South Africa
• Other Authors: Zingoni, Alphose (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden, The Netherland CRC Press/Balkema 2010
• Subjects: Structural analysis (Engineering) > Congresses; Structural engineering > Congresses > Data processing; Structural analysis (Engineering) > Congresses > Data processing
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 Advances and Trends in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation features over 300 papers which were presented at the Fourth International Conference on Struc- tural Engineering. Mechanics and Computation (SEMC 2010, Cape Town, South Africa. 6-8 September 2010). The SEMC conferences have been held every 3 years in Cape Town since 2001, and have aimed at bringing together academics, researchers and practition- ers in the broad fields of structural mechanics, associated computation and structural engineering. to review recent achievements in the advancement of knowledge and under- standing in these areas, share the latest developments, and address the challenges that the present and the future pose, This volume covers a comprehensive range of topics, which may be clustered Into the following broad categories: structural mechanics (dynamics, vibration, impact, buckling, seismic response, fluid-structure interaction, soil-structure interactionl; mechanics of materials (plasticity. fracture, fatigue, creep, shrinkage, damage, deterioration): numeri- cal/computational modelling (numerical methods, formulations, finite-element modelling. structural modelling. material modelling, simulations); structural engineering and con- struction in the various materials (steel, concrete, timber, masonry, glass, steel-concrete composite, fibre-reinforced composite, laminated composite); design, construction and op- erational considerations (fire resistance, seismic resistance, loading, safety and reliability. codification, design optimisation, construction, assembly. monitoring. maintenance, repair, retrofittingl. The structures dealt with include all sorts of buildings sports fa- cilities, bridges, viaducts, tunnels, underground structures, foundation structures, coastal structures, dams, industrial towers and masts, containment structures (silos, tanks and pressure vesselsl, ship and aircraft structures, motor-vehicle structures, mechanical components and biological structures Advances and Trends in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation is published as a book of extended abstracts, and an accompanying CD-ROM with the full papers. Itwill be of interest to engineers, academics and researchers in the disciplines of civil, structural, mechanical and aerospace engineering, concerned with the analysis, design, construction and maintenance of engineering structures.