Design-Oriented Analysis of Structures: A Unified Approach / Edition 1

by Uri Kirsch

Overview

This book was developed while I was teaching graduate courses on analysis, design and optimization of structures, in the United States, Europe and Israel. Structural analysis is a main part of any design problem, and the analysis often must be repeated many times during the design process. Much work has been done on design-oriented analysis of structures recently and many studies have been published. The purpose of the book is to collect together selected topics of this literature and to present them in a unified approach. It meets the need for a general text covering the basic concepts and methods as well as recent developments in this area. This should prove useful to students, researchers, consultants and practicing engineers involved in analysis and design of structures. Previous books on structural analysis do not cover most of the material presented in the book. The book deals with the problem of multiple repeated analyses (reanalysis) of structures that is common to numerous analysis and design tasks. Reanalysis is needed in many areas such as structural optimization, analysis of damaged structures, nonlinear analysis, probabilistic analysis, controlled structures, smart structures and adaptive structures. It is related to a wide range of applications in such fields as Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048159437
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	12/07/2010
Series:	Solid Mechanics and Its Applications , #95
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Concepts and Methods.- Structural Analysis.- Reanalsis of Structures.- Direct Methods.- Local Approximations.- Global Approximations.- A Unified Approach.- Combined Approximations (CA).- Simplified Solution Procedures.- Topological and Geometrical Changes.- Design Sensitivity Analysis.- Nonlinear Reanalysis.- Vibration Reanalysis.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"The textbook is easy to read and is full of detailed examples. It should be useful to students and practitioners interested in structural approximation techniques."

(Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 25:307, 2003)

From the Publisher

Collecting selected topics of the literature of structure analysis in design and presenting them in a unified approach, Kirsch (Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) introduces computational procedures of the multiple repeated analyses (reanalysis) of structures. Formulations of linear, nonlinear, and eigenproblem reanalysis are presented. Local and global approximation techniques and closed-form solutions are examined. The above methods are then represented in the form of unified approach towards reanalysis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR