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

Advances and Trends in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation features over 300 papers classified into 21 sections, which were presented at the Fourth International Conference on Structural 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, and since then brought together academics, researchers and practitioners active in structural mechanics, associated computation and structural engineering. The main purpose of the conferences was to review recent achievements in the advancement of knowledge and understanding in these areas, share the latest developments, and address the challenges that the present and the future pose. All major aspects of structural mechanics, associated computation and structural engineering are addressed in the present volume, including: structural mechanics (dynamics, vibration, impact, buckling, seismic response, fluid-structure interaction, soil-structure interaction); mechanics of materials (plasticity, fracture, fatigue, creep, shrinkage, damage, deterioration); numerical/computational modelling (numerical methods, formulations, finite-element modelling, structural modelling, material modelling, simulations); structural engineering and construction in the various materials (steel, concrete, timber, masonry, glass, steel-concrete composite, fibre-reinforced composite, laminated composite); design, construction and operational considerations (fire resistance, seismic resistance, loading, safety and reliability, codification, design optimisation, construction, assembly, monitoring, maintenance, repair, retrofitting). The structures dealt with include all sorts of buildings, sports facilities, bridges, viaducts, tunnels, underground structures, foundation structures, coastal structures, dams, industrial towers and masts, containment structures (silos, tanks and pressure vessels), 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, and will be much of interest to engineers, academics and researchers in civil, structural, mechanical and aerospace engineering, and to those concerned with the analysis, design, construction and maintenance of engineering structures.

1. Keynotes Challenges and advances in the analysis of structuresK.J. Bathe Recent developments in structural control research and applications in China H.N. Li & L.S. Huo South African Stadium Projects: Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town K. Göppert Life-cycle performance, reliability, redundancy and optimal management of infrastructure systems: Applications to bridges and naval ships D.M. Frangopol & N.M. Okasha The use of Eurocode 3 “Design of Steel Structures” in the design and verification of jointsF.S.K. Bijlaar Design life of thin-walled concrete domesE. Hamed, M.A. Bradford, R.I. Gilbert & Z.-T. Chang 2. Dynamic analysis, vibration analysis, vibration control Structural dynamics research and applications (Invited Paper) D. Thambiratnam Dynamic response of large primary structures to wind loads: Experimental tests in wind tunnel (Invited Paper)C. Borri, P. Biagini & C. Mannini On space-time isogeometric analysis of panel flutter H. Netuzhylov &A. Zilian Computation method for the prediction of gust-induced vibrations for permeable membrane cladding elements F. Kemper, M. Feldmann & J. Kuck Aerodynamic force coefficients for rain-wind induced vibrations from full-scale measurementsM. Clobes, O. Steiln & U. Peil Shape modifications of bridge cables for aerodynamic vibration controlK. Kleissl & C.T. Georgakis Pedestrian induced vertical vibrations: Response to running using the Response Spectrum MethodG. Matteoni & C.T. Georgakis Human induced vibrations of lightweight floor systems supported by cold-formed steel joistsW. Rack & J. Lange A new method for evaluation and assessment of floor vibrationCh. Heinemeyer, M. Feldmann & F. Galanti Dynamic testing of bracing patterns of a demountable grandstandS. Nhleko, A. Blakeborough, M.S.Williams & J. Whittle Asymptotic results for highly anisotropic spinning disksC.D. Coman Modelling and verifying of an anthropomorphic passenger dummy model using multibody dynamicsF. Möller, A. Gessler & M. Feldmann Transmissibility of whole-body vibration experienced by off-road vehicle operators based on ISO 2631-1 and ISO 2631-5S.A. Aye & P.S. Heyns Dynamic behaviour of soil-steel bridgesZ. Manko & D. Beben The stick-slip joint effect on dynamics behaviour of nonlinear beamS.A. Karim, A. Dafnis & H.-G. Reimerdes Algorithms for time-domain transformations to treat wave propagation in soilJ. Bochert Effect of variable geometric piezoelectric patches on vibration of FG plate under constant electric chargeS.M.R. Khalili, H. Zoohor, H. Pourrostami & N.S. Viliani Effects of rotation and thermoelastic/pyroelectric couplings on the dispersion of acoustic surface waves in a piezothermoelastic half-spaceM. Sanbi, E. Essoufi, L.A. Faik & M. Rahmoune Thermoelastic and pyroelectric coupling effects on dynamics and active control of smart structures using finite element method with localized thermopiezoelectric elementsM. Sanbi, L.A. Faik & M. Rahmoune 3. Seismic response, seismic design Towards earthquake resistant design of steel buildings for uniform ductility demands (Invited Paper)M.T. Kyrkos & S.A. Anagnostopoulos Early observations from the magnitude Mw 7.0 January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake (Invited Paper)A.S. Elnashai &A. Lewis Vulnerability of buildings due to far-field effects of earthquakes (Invited Paper)T. Balendra & Z.J. Li Time delay effects of earthquake excitation on responses in high-rise buildingsD.S. Li, H.N. Li & L. Ren The L’Aquila earthquake of April 6th 2009: Seismic response of the hospital facilitiesC. Casarotti, S. Peloso &A. Pavese Development of Performance Based Tsunami Engineering (PBTE)I.N. Robertson Seismic behaviour of prefabricated concrete sandwich panelsD.A. Bournas, A. Pavese & S. Peloso Relationship between seismic index of structure and seismic response of retrofitted RC structureT. Takatani & M. Mori Definition of conservative design values of the residuals of seismic response parameters of RC framesA. D’Ambrisi & M. Mezzi Seismic analysis method of structure with passive energy dissipation devicesG. Li, H.N. Li &Y.G. Li An experimental investigation of the seismic behaviour of semi-supported steel shear wallsA. Jahanpour, J. Jönsson & H. Moharrami Stiffness and damping aspects of fiber reinforced elastomeric bearingsU. Gerhaher, A. Strauss & K. Bergmeister The design, experiment and application of coupling beam dampersJ. Teng, B.-T. Ma,W.-H. Li, D.X. Cao, H. Zhang, B.Wu, Z.Wang & D.R. Zhou Different seismic behaviour of RC frame structures modeled with and without masonry infillsT. Trombetti, L. Landi, S. Silvestri, G. Gasparini & I. Ricci Nonlinear seismic response reduction of different types of structures using two types dampers J.T. Qu & H.N. Li Parametric study on structural behaviour of shear walled systemsF.G. Gülay, A.E. Toprak & F. Do?gan Seismic assessment of a gravity-load designed R/C frame with masonry infillsM. Valente Response analysis of base isolated railway bridgesB. Del Principe, L. Di Sarno, L. Evangelista & E. Cosenza A predictive FE model for a simple precast concrete panel wall subjected to moderate shaking F.A. Malhas & H.H. Nassif Maximum seismic rotational response of multi-storey structures S. Silvestri, G. Gasparini &T. Trombetti 3D time history analysis of RC structures versus commercial methods with attention to the modeling of floor slabs and near versus far-fault earthquakesA. Mortezaei & H.R. Ronagh Modeling and design issues of non load-bearing permanent shuttering systems with concrete under seismic loadsS. Peloso, I. Lanese, A. Pavese &A. Zanardi Effect of shear wall and steel bracing as lateral load resisting system on a ten storey buildingS.V. Venkatesh, H. Sharada Bai & R. Rajeshwari Distribution of peak inter-story drift for estimating non-structural elements vulnerability I. Mahmoodzadeh-kani, A.D.R. Abadi &A. Taghaveekanee Suppression of wind induced vibration using elevated service reservoir as tuned mass damperN. Chetia & S. Talukdar Evaluation of damping matrix for buildings A. Hemmati & M. Gerami 4. Material modelling, numerical methods, numerical formulations, FEM modelling Particle dynamic methods for microsystem applications (Invited Paper)J.G. Korvink, D. Kauzlaric, D.Weiß, J. Lienemann, A. Greiner, O. Liba &Y. Hanein Introduction of multi-scale modeling techniques for the analysis of long span FRP composite bridges (Invited Paper)M.S. Cheung, B.Y.B. Chan & H.H. Almansour High-performance finite element and coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian simulations of pile installation processes (Invited Paper)J. Grabe & S. Henke Identification of material properties for a unified visco-plasticity model and application to isothermal and anisothermal experimental dataC.J. Hyde,W. Sun, T.H. Hyde &Y.P. Gong A nonlinear micropolar continuum theory for initial plasticity I. Münch & P. Neff A new material model for concrete within microplane framework. Part I: Constitutive formulation and computational algorithmJ. Li & N.V. Tue A new material model for concrete within microplane framework. Part II: Numerical validation and application to structural analysisJ. Li & N.V. Tue A micromorphic theory and its application to elastic size-scale effects S. Braun, S. Skatulla, H.-D. Beushausen & C. Sansour Nonlinear analysis of large concrete structures using a finite element shell modelJ.Wasner &V. Sigrist Compact RC structures with textile strengthening: Computational models and applicationF. Steinigen,W. Graf & M. Kaliske Isogeometrical analysis of functionally graded materials in plane elasticity problemsB. Hassani & N.Z. Moghaddam Investigation and modeling of the glued steel-glass connection used in hybrid beamM. Netusil & M. Eliasova Coupled hygro-mechanical stress analysis on adhesive material under hot/wet environmentsX. Jiang, H. Ko

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