Computational and Experimental Methods in Structures: Buckling and Postbuckling Structures II (ePub)

-->This book provides an in-depth treatment of the study of the stability of engineering structures. Contributions from internationally recognized leaders in the field ensure a wide coverage of engineering disciplines in which structural stability is of importance, in particular the experimental, analytical and numerical modelling of structural stability applied to aeronautical, civil and marine structures. This second volume in buckling and postbuckling structures builds on the first, and reports on the development of fast semi-analytical methods for the rapid characterization of postbuckling structures; optimization approaches for the design of stiffened composite panels, and a discourse on imperfection sensitivity. This book will be a particularly useful reference to professional engineers, graduate students and researchers interested in structural stability. -->Contents:Validation and Design Use of Analytic Lower Bounds for the Unstable Postbuckling of Shells (James G A Croll)Investigation on the Plastic Buckling Paradox for Metal Cylinders (Rabee Shamass, Giulio Alfano and Federico Guarracino)Using Design Freedom to Improve Stiffened Panel Buckling and Postbuckling Behavior (Adrian Murphy and Damian Quinn)The Use of Composites in Underwater Pressure: Hull Components (Jan Błachut)Finite Element Integrated Fast Buckling Analysis Tools Using a Perturbation Approach (Eelco Jansen, Tanvir Rahman and Raimund Rolfes)Buckling and Postbuckling Analysis of Composite-Stiffened Panels Using a Semi-Analytical Approach (Riccardo Vescovini and Chiara Bisagni)Robust Multilevel Design Optimization of Composite Panels (Omar Bacarreza and M H Ferri Aliabadi)Optimization of Postbuckling-Stiffened Composite Aerostructures (Andrea Faggiani and Brian G Falzon) --> -->Readership: Professional engineers, graduate students of engineering and researchers interested in structural stability. -->Buckling Structures;Postbuckling Structures;Composites;Finite Element Analysis;Boundary Element Method;Failure Modelling;Stability;Imperfection Sensitivity;Structural Optimization00