High-Performance Computing for Structural Mechanics and Earthquake/Tsunami Engineering

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yoshimura, Shinobu (Editor), Hori, Muneo (Editor), Ohsaki, Makoto (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer simulation.; Structural mechanics.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Structural Mechanics.; Building Construction.; Simulation and Modeling.

Huge earthquakes and tsunamis have caused serious damage to important structures such as civil infrastructure elements, buildings and power plants around the globe.  To quantitatively evaluate such damage processes and to design effective prevention and mitigation measures, the latest high-performan...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of high-performance computing for finite element analysis
• Simulation of seismic wave propagation and amplification
• Seismic response simulation of infrastructure
• Seismic response simulation of building structures
• Seismic response simulation of nuclear power plant
• Tsunami run-up Simulation
• Inundation simulation coupling free surface flow and structures.