Annotation, This important book looks at how structural dynamics can be applied to earthquake engineering of structures in theory and practice. It will give practical examples of how Mathematica and Matlab can be used to model and predict the way in which structures will be affe…
This book provides civil and structural engineers and students with an understanding of the dynamic response of structures to earthquakes and the common analysis techniques employed to evaluate these responses. Worked examples in Mathematica and Matlab are given. It explains the…
Introduction to Computational Earthquake Engineering covers solid continuum mechanics, finite element method and stochastic modeling comprehensively, with the second and third chapters explaining the numerical simulation of strong ground motion and faulting, respectively. Stocha…
Covers solid continuum mechanics, finite element method and stochastic modeling comprehensively. This book explains the numerical simulation of strong ground motion and faulting. It details examples of applying computational science technology to earthquake engineering problems.
Pt. I. Preliminaries. 1. Solid continuum mechanic. 1.1. Spring problem. 1.2. Pole problem. 1.3. Continuum problem. 2. Finite element method. 2.1. Overview of FEM. 2.2. Discretisation of function. 2.3. Formulation of FEM. 2.4. Major numerical techniques used in FEM. 2.5. Algorith…
" ... covers solid continuum mechanics, finite element method and stochastic modeling comprehensively, with the second and third chapters explaining the numerical simulation of strong ground motion and faulting, respectively. Stochastic modeling is used for uncertain underground…