Advanced Marine Structures by
Due in part to a growing demand for offshore oil and gas exploration, the development of marine structures that initially started onshore is now moving into deeper offshore areas. Designers are discovering a need to revisit basic concepts as they anticipate the response behavior of marine structures to increased water depths. Providing a simplified approach to the subject, Advanced Marine Structures explains the fundamentals and advanced concepts of marine architecture introduces various types of offshore platforms, and outlines the different stages of marine structure analysis and design.
Advanced Structural Dynamics by
Developed from three decades' worth of lecture notes from Massachusetts Institute of Technology lectures, this concise textbook presents an exhaustive treatment of structural dynamics and mechanical vibration. Appropriate for introductory courses yet rigorous enough for advanced courses, this book is for graduate students, doctoral candidates, practicing professionals, and instructors
Analysis and Design of Marine Structures by 
Design and Analysis of Composite Structures by
Design and Analysis of Composite Structures: With Applications to Aerospace Structures, 2nd Edition builds on the first edition and includes two new chapters on composite fittings and the design of a composite panel, as well additional exercises. The book enables graduate students and engineers to generate meaningful and robust designs of complex composite structures. A compilation of analysis and design methods for structural components made of advanced composites, it begins with simple parts such as skins and stiffeners and progresses through to applications such as entire components of fuselages and wings. It provides a link between theory and day-to-day design practice, using theory to derive solutions that are applicable to specific structures and structural details used in industry.
Essentials of Structural Dynamics by
This concise textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate coursework for structural engineering students provides detailed examples covering all essential aspects of structural dynamics analysis and design and includes a plethora of digital ancillaries for both students and instructors
Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics by
This text closes the gap between traditional textbooks on structural dynamics and how structural dynamics is practiced in a world driven by commercial software, where performance-based design is increasingly important. The book emphasizes numerical methods, nonlinear response of structures, and the analysis of continuous systems (e.g., wave propagation). Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computation builds the theory of structural dynamics from simple single-degree-of-freedom systems through complex nonlinear beams and frames in a consistent theoretical context supported by an extensive set of MATLAB codes that not only illustrate and support the principles, but provide powerful tools for exploration. The book is designed for students learning structural dynamics for the first time but also serves as a reference for professionals throughout their careers.
Intelligent Vibration Control in Civil Engineering Structures by
Intelligent Vibration Control in Civil Engineering Structures provides readers with an all-encompassing view of the theoretical studies, design methods, real-world implementations, and applications relevant to the topic
The book focuses on design and property tests on different intelligent control devices, innovative control strategies, analysis examples for structures with intelligent control devices, and designs and tests for intelligent controllers.
Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity by
This title provides an introduction to structural dynamics and aeroelasticity, with an emphasis on conventional aircraft. It includes over 100 illustrations and tables, along with more than 50 problems to enhance student learning.
Marine Structural Design by
Describes the applications of structural engineering to marine structures. This work covers fatigue and fracture criteria that forms a basis for limit-state design and re-assessment of existing structures and assists with determining material and inspection requirements. It includes application of risk assessment to marine and offshore industries
Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain by
This title is designed for engineers and analysts working with calculations of loads and stress. It includes information on joints, bearing and shear stress, experimental stress analysis, and stress concentrations.
SEM Handbook of Experimental Structural Dynamics by
This book provides comprehensive coverage of experimental methods in structural mechanics. It details practical methods and focuses on important concepts, methods, techniques in use of instrumentation without commercial bias.
Structural Analysis by 
Structural Dynamics by
This book introduces structural dynamics. It starts with the basics and step by step brings readers to a level where they can understand how to perform the necessary safety considerations to wind or horizontal ground motion induced dynamic design problems.
Structural Dynamics by
The sixth edition of Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computation is the complete and comprehensive text in the field. It presents modern methods of analysis and techniques adaptable to computer programming clearly and easily. The book is ideal as a text for advanced undergraduates or graduate students taking a first course in structural dynamics. It is arranged in such a way that it can be used for a one- or two-semester course, or span the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition, this text will serve the practicing engineer as a primary reference.
Structural Dynamics by
Across many disciplines of engineering, dynamic problems of structures are a primary concern. Civil engineers, mechanical engineers, aircraft engineers, ocean engineers, and engineering students encounter these problems every day, and it is up to them systematically to grasp the basic concepts, calculation principles and calculation methods of structural dynamics. This book focuses on the basic theories and concepts, as well as the application and background of theories and concepts in engineering.
Structural Dynamics and Probabilistic Analysis for Engineers by
Probabilistic structural dynamics offers tools for analyzing uncertainties in structural design. Once avoided because it is mathematically rigorous, this technique has re-emerged with the aide of computer software. This manual integrates theories, formulas & mathematical models to allow professionals to quickly grasp new concepts.
Structural Engineering for Architects by
This book provides an understanding of the fundamental theories and practice behind the creation of architectural structures. It aids the development of an intuitive understanding of structural engineering, bringing together technical and design issues. The book is divided into four sections: "Structures in nature" looks at structural principles found in natural objects. "Theory" covers general structural theory as well as explaining the main forces encountered in engineering. "Structural prototypes" includes examples of modelmaking and load testing that can be carried out by students. The fourth section, "Case studies", presents a diverse range of examples from around the world – actual buildings that apply the theories and testing described in the previous sections
Structural Failure Analysis and Prediction Methods for Aerospace Vehicles and Structures by
This book deals with structural failure (induced by mechanical, aerodynamic, acoustic and aero-thermal, loads, etc.) of modern aerospace vehicles, in particular high-speed aircraft, solid propellant rocket systems and hypersonic flight vehicles, where structural integrity, failure prediction and service life assessment are particularly challenging, due to the increasingly more demanding mission requirements and the use of non-traditional materials, such as non-metallic composites, in their construction.
Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites by
Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites: Innovative Modelling Methods and Intelligent Design presents scientific and technological research from leading composite materials scientists and engineers that showcase the fundamental issues and practical problems that affect the development and exploitation of large composite structures. As predicting precisely where cracks may develop in materials under stress is an age old mystery in the design and building of large-scale engineering structures, the burden of testing to provide "fracture safe design" is imperative. Readers will learn to transfer key ideas from research and development to both the design engineer and end-user of composite materials.