Qing Quan Liang

Performance-Based Optimization of Structures

Theory and Applications

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Performance-Based Optimization of Structures" introduces a method to bridge the gap between structural optimization theory and its practical application to structural engineering. The Performance-Based Optimization (PBO) method combines modern structural optimisation theory with performance based design concepts to produce a powerful technique for use in structural design. This book provides the latest PBO techniques for achieving optimal topologies and shapes of continuum structures with stress, displacement and mean compliance constraints. The emphasis is strongly placed on practical applications of automated PBO techniques to the strut-and-tie modelling of structural concrete, which includes reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. Basic concepts underlying the development of strut-and-lie models, design optimization procedure, and detailing of structural concrete are described in detail. Alternative approaches to topology optimization are also introduced. The book contains numerouspractical design examples illustrating the nature of the load transfer mechanism of structures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Longman Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780415335942
• ISBN-10: 0415335949
• Artikelnr.: 21931180

Autorenporträt

Dr Qing Quan (Stephen) Liang is the Founder and President of the Australian Association for Steel-Concrete Composite Structures (AASCCS).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. PBO for Fully Stressed Topology Design 3. PBO For
Structures with Displacement Constraints 4. PBO for Structures with Mean
Compliance Constraints 5. Automatic Generation of Strut-and-Tie Models in
Structural Concrete 6. Optimization of Lateral Load Resisting Systems.
Index.