Collection
Engineering: Limit States Analysis and Design of Structures and Materials
A major concern in engineering design is whether a structure or a machine component can carry the applied loads and with which safety margin, or whether it will become unserviceable due to collapse or excessive inelastic deformations. Thus, Limit States form the basis of all contemporary design codes for both civil and mechanical engineering structures and materials. These states are related with any structural material such as metals, concrete, soil, composites, nanomaterials etc. and are thus linked with advanced non-linear material modelling, like viscous effects, hardening and softening, non-associated plastic flow rules, material damage, etc. The assessment of these states in the field of Structural Mechanics is connected with advanced optimization and computational algorithms (as, for example, Direct Methods) and experimental methods. The present topical collection aims to provide the floor to discuss new theoretical, numerical, experimental methods as well as innovative technologies for limit analysis and design assessment of engineering structures and materials. Emphasis will also be given on cross - fertilizing between theoretical research and engineering practice.
Editors
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K.V. Spiliopoulos
Professor Structural Mechanics, Institute of Structural Analysis & Antiseismic Research, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Diploma Civil Engineering, NTUA (1978), PhD Imperial College, Aeronautics Department (1984). Author of numerous articles, top rated journals, field of Computational Mechanics, in various areas, such as inelasticity, direct methods, limit analysis, shakedown analysis, nonlinear reinforced concrete analysis (RCA), earthquake engineering, graph theory, mathematical programming, large displacements, large rotations. Work on RCA adopted by the ADINA software. Co-editor of two books.
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D. Weichert
Univ.-Prof. (emerit.) Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Affiliation: RWTH-Aachen University PhD 1980 and Habilitation in 1986 from Ruhr-University Bochum. Academic positions: American University of Beirut, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Institut des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen, Institute of General Mechanics, RWTH-Aachen University. Honorary positions: Jiaotong University, Beijing, Nanjing University of Science and Technology. Consultant for industrial research and governance of universities. Scientific interests: Solid Mechanics, Inelasticity, Failure of Materials and Structures, Composites, Biomechanics. Author, co-author, (co-)edit
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A.R.S. Ponter, Emeritus Professor, University of Leicester, UK
BSc Mathematics 1961, PhD 1965 Imperial College, London, MA (Cantab) 1966, Principal Academic Positions, Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge University, 1966, Leicester University, 1969-. Visiting Professorships, Brown University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Chongqing University, University of Strathclyde. Consultant to European Community, UK national institutions, Industry. Scientific interests: solid mechanics, theoretical methods in material and structural mechanics, shakedown, ratcheting and failure, materials at high temperature, ice structures under load. Author, co-author of over 200 papers, co-editor of several books.
