About the Book
Insights and Innovations in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation comprises 360 papers that were presented at the Sixth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC 2016, Cape Town, South Africa, 5-7 September 2016). The papers reflect the broad scope of the SEMC conferences, and cover a wide range of engineering structures (buildings, bridges, towers, roofs, foundations, offshore structures, tunnels, dams, vessels, vehicles and machinery) and engineering materials (steel, aluminium, concrete, masonry, timber, glass, polymers, composites, laminates, smart materials).
Table of Contents:
1. Keynote papers 2. Dynamic response, vibration analysis, vibration control 3. Vibration serviceability, human-induced vibrations 4. Non-linear dynamics, non-linear instabilities 5. Seismic response, seismic analysis, earthquake-resistant design 6. Material modelling, multi-scale modelling, composite materials, porous media 7. Numerical schemes, numerical simulations, FEM formulations 8. Damage mechanics, damage modelling, fracture, fatigue 9. Fluid-structure interaction, biomechanics 10. Wind loading, response of structures to wind 11. Stability of beams, bars and thin-walled sections 12. Shells, membranes, plates, sustainable lightweight structures 13. Laminated structures, composite structures, sandwich structures 14. Renewable energy structures, structural case studies, design considerations 15. Cold-formed steel structures, stainless steel structures, aluminium structures 16. Steel structures, steel-concrete composite construction 17. Steel joints, steel connections 18. Reinforced concrete structures, prestressed concrete 19. High strength concrete, high performance concrete 20. Structural use of FRP composites, fibre-reinforced concrete 21. Mechanics of concrete, properties of concrete 22. Construction materials, construction technology 23. Glass structures, masonry structures, timber structures 24. Performance of structures in fire, design for fire resistance 25. Manufacturing processes, assembly processes, optimization 26. Structural health monitoring, damage detection, system identification 27. Structural assessment, failure analysis, repair, strengthening, retrofitting 28. Soil-structure interaction, foundations, geotechnical engineering 29. Structural engineering education
About the Author :
Alphose Zingoni is Professor of Structural Engineering and Mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He holds a PhD from Imperial College London, and was a recipient of a fellowship of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 from 1992 to 1994. He has held appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Zimbabwe from 1996 to 1999, and as Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town from 2008 to 2012. His research interests span shell structures, vibration analysis, studies of symmetry in structural mechanics, and group-theoretic formulations. He has written many articles and three books in these areas, and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. He has been chair and editor of the SEMC (Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation) series of conferences since its inauguration in 2001. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers, the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering, and the South African Academy of Engineering.
