Computational structural dynamics and earthquake engineering

Engineers facing difficult questions about how structures move under load and during earthquakes need fresh methods and numerical tools that still deliver precise results within practical computing budgets. This collection gathers thirty-five separate chapters covering computational dynamics, stochastic dynamics, structural dynamics and seismic engineering. Each chapter is a reworked version of a talk given as a plenary, semi-plenary or keynote lecture at the COMPDYN 2007 conference.

The contributions survey recent progress in numerical techniques and software that can be applied to dynamic and seismic analysis and design. Readers will see how these computational approaches handle demanding problems in the field.

The volume is aimed at researchers and practising engineers in structural dynamics, earthquake engineering and computational mechanics. It also considers the wider societal relevance of these disciplines and the application areas they affect.