Nonlinear Structural Analysis for Engineers

Recent years have witnessed an increased need for applying nonlinear analysis in the assessment and design of civil engineering structures, particularly for structures subject to extreme loading. Nonlinear Structural Analysis for Engineers presents the principles and application of nonlinear static and dynamic analysis to a variety of structures, including frames, plates and shells, whole buildings, and cable/membrane structures. Concepts are introduced in a simplified manner and through analogies that enhance the understanding of nonlinear structural phenomena by students, researchers and practising engineers. The book illustrates real problems through the use of the advanced nonlinear structural analysis program ADAPTIC, developed by the author and incorporating the various presented nonlinear analysis formulations and procedures.

Suitable for students on undergraduate and graduate engineering courses, Nonlinear Structural Analysis for Engineers focuses on problems from civil engineering. This book is also an essential reference for practising engineers and for researchers involved in the application and development of nonlinear structural analysis.

Bassam Izzuddin is Professor of Computational Structural Mechanics at Imperial College London where he is coordinator of three courses at advanced undergraduate and Masters level.