Structural optimization : dynamic and seismic applications

• Main Author: Cheng, Franklin Y.
• Other Authors: Truman, Kevin Z.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Spon Press, 2010.
• Subjects: Live loads.; Structural design.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780203089651; 0203089650; 9781628708134; 1628708131; 9780415423700; 0415423708
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 703 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Today's biggest structural engineering challenge is to design better structures, and a key issue is the need to take an integrated approach which balances control of costs with the requirement for handling earthquakes and other dynamic forces. Structural optimization is based on rigorous mathem...