Limit States of Materials and Structures Direct Methods /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dieter, Weichert (Editor), Alan, Ponter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computational intelligence.; Continuum mechanics.; Structural mechanics.; Engineering design.; Civil engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Structural Mechanics.; Computational Intelligence.; Engineering Design.; Civil Engineering.

To determine most exactly the carrying capacity of a structure or a structural element has always been a major concern to any design engineer. For safety sensitive structures this implies not only situations of normal service conditions but also states near to failure or post-critical states in orde...