Computational Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering : Structures and Infrastructures Book Series, Volume 2

The increasing necessity to solve complex problems in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering requires the development of new ideas, innovative methods and numerical tools for providing accurate numerical solutions in affordable computing times.

This book presents the latest scientific developments in Computational Dynamics, Stochastic Dynamics, Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering in thirty-five self-contained contributions. The selected state-of-the-art chapters are revised and extended versions of the papers which were presented as plenary, semi-plenary and keynote lectures at the thematic COMPDYN 2007 Conference.

This volume will benefit researchers and engineering professionals working on structural dynamics, earthquake
engineering and computational mechanics. Readers will get acquainted with advanced computational methods and software tools, which can assist them in tackling complex problems in dynamic/seismic analysis and design. Moreover, technical fields involved.

Part I : Computational Structural Dynamics

Chapter 1 : Computational stochastic dynamics - some lessons learned
Chapter 2 : Energy-momentum algorithms for nonlinear solid dynamics and their assumed strain finite element formulation
Chapter 3 : Energy conservation and high-frequency damping in numerical time integration
Chapter 4 : Numerical solution of dynamic contact problems
Chapter 5 : Computational elastoacoustics of uncertain complex systems and experimental validation
Chapter 6 : Propagation of plate bending waves in the vicinity of one- and two-dimensional acoustic 'black holes'
Chapter 7 : Structural dynamics design validation and optimisation of structures with imprecise parameters using the fuzzy finite element method
Chapter 8 : Morphological indicators and the prediction of the first natural frequency of a lightweight structure
Chapter 9 : Dynamic Analysis of Plates Stiffened by Parallel Beams with Deformable Connection
Chapter 10 : Impacts on Beams: Uncertainty in Experiments and Numerical Simulation
Chapter 11 : Rational derivation of conserving time integration schemes: the moving-mass case
Chapter 12 : Fuzzy active control of smart beams
Chapter 13 : Rail Vibrations caused by Ground Stiffness Transitions
Chapter 14 : Development and applications of a staggered FEM-BEM methodology for ground vibrations due to
moving train loads

Part II : Computational Earthquake Engineering

Chapter 15 : Distributed hybrid earthquake response history analysis of interacting and multi-resolution
structural-geotechnical systems
Chapter 16 : Simplified probabilistic seismic performance assessment of buildings
Chapter 17 : Numerical modeling of the seismic response of buildings with energy dissipators
Chapter 18 : Structural damage description for estimates of seismic vulnerability
Chapter 19 : Structural health monitoring by bayesian updating
Chapter 20 : Vibration monitoring as a diagnosis tool for structural condition assessment
Chapter 21 : A multiphase model with hypoplastic formulation of the solid phase and its application to earthquake
engineering problems
Chapter 22 : Mixed Lagrangian formulation in analysis of collapse of structures
Chapter 23 : Nonlinear models and nonlinear procedures for seismic analysis of reinforced concrete frame structures
Chapter 24 : Modelling inelastic buckling of reinforcing bars under earthquake loading
Chapter 25 : Analyzing steel moment-resisting connections using finite element modeling
Chapter 26 : Earthquake damage scenario software for urban areas
Chapter 27 : Nonlinear performance assessment of bridges with Incremental Response Spectrum Analysis (IRSA) procedure
Chapter 28 : The equivalent modal damping concept and its use in seismic design of steel building structures
Chapter 29 : Bayesian updating and model class selection of deteriorating hysteretic structural models using recorded seismic response
Chapter 30 : Finite element response sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analyses
Chapter 31 : Parallel Soil–Foundation–Structure Interaction Computations
Chapter 32 : Dynamic interaction of retaining walls and retained soil and structures
Chapter 33 : Earthquake response of liquid tanks installed in saturated transversely isotropic soil
Chapter 34 : Application of the NSCD method to the modelling of fractured rock mass subjected to seismic loadings
Chapter 35 : Optimum design of multistorey structures with compound seismic isolation
Chapter 36 : Advances in design optimization of reinforced concrete structural systems
Chapter 37 : Robust stochastic optimal control of seismically excited buildings
Chapter 38 : A multi-objective robust criterion for tuned mass dampers optimal design
Chapter 39 : Performance-based seismic optimization implementing neural networks
Chapter 40 : A very efficient computational procedure for the reliability-based optimization of uncertain stochastic linear dynamical systems