Books in the Structures and Infrastructures series

Robust and efficient methods have successfully been developed on the basis of genetic algorithms (GA). This title presents the development of the GA-based identification strategy. It focuses on structural identification problems with limited and noise contaminated measurements.

Reliability methods are becoming increasingly popular in engineering design because they help build safer and more efficient products than traditional deterministic methods. This work presents and compares some of the most important theories for modeling uncertainty and explains what tools are most suitable for a given design problem.

Moving load problems occur in a wide variety of applications: rail mechanics, dynamics of computer tapes, floppy and hard discs, automotive and aircraft braking systems, belt drives, web winding and transport. This title treats the fundamentals of moving loads problems with accurate identification and computational efficiency.

Presents the suitable algorithms to convert collected data in order to gain knowledge of the condition of an infrastructure for maintenance scheduling purposes. This book addresses developments in time response series and its derivatives including the wavelet-based impulse response function.

Non-destructive technologies have gained popularity in recent years related to the tasks involving characterization and diagnosis of constructions. The application of geomatics in construction engineering arises from the necessity of using real geometry in several phases of the construction and evaluation processes. This book provides an overview and up-to-date synthesis of the previously mentioned techniques to the field of civil engineering and includes topics relating to infrastructure and structures. Literature devoted to theory, basic fundamentals, and applications has been compiled to show the potential of such methods.

This edited volume presents the latest scientific research and application practice findings in the engineering field of maintenance and safety of aging infrastructure. The selected invited contributions will provide an overview of the use of advanced computational and/or experimental techniques in damage and vulnerability assessment as well as maintenance and retrofitting of aging structures and infrastructures (buildings, bridges, lifelines, etc) for minimization of losses and life-cycle-cost.

Presents findings on structural optimization considering uncertainties. This book contains contributions dealing with the use of probabilistic methods for the optimal design of different types of structures and various considerations of uncertainties.

Details computational aspects of stochastic analysis within the field of structural mechanics. This book is suitable for graduate students and for structural analysts who wish to explore the potential benefits of stochastic analysis.