Abnormal Loading on Structures

K. S. Virdi, Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, City University, London, UKR. S. Matthews, Manager of Consultancy and Testing, Taylor Woodrow Construction, UKJ. L. Clarke, Principal Engineer, Concrete Society, UK and Visiting Professor, Cranfield University, UKF. K. Garas, Chairman of the Institution of Structural Engineers' Informal Study Group Model Analysis as a Design Tool and Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, City University, London, UK

`...this book will be essential reading for civil and structural engineers, designers and researchers.' - Current Engineering Practice 2001This book represents a state-of-the-art examination of structural design for hazardous and abnormal loads, and contains 34 papers presented at the Abnormal Loading on Structures - Experimental and Numerical Modeling Conference in London, UK, April 17-19, 2000. - MCEER News

• Institution of Structural Engineers Informal Study Group. Conference organisation. Preface. Acknowledgements. Avalanche scenarios for alpine highway bridges. Consideration of exceptional snow loads as accidental actions. Evaluation of the peak forces on roof tiles under stormy conditions. Wind loading on pitched roofs with complex geometric shapes. Towards a statistical human body model for determining jump dynamic forces. The development of a seismic test facility for full-scale structures. The behaviour of connections in steel MR-frames under high-intensity earthquake loading. Non-linear analysis of a reinforced concrete structure under seismic loading. Dynamic analysis to determine source of blast damage. Dynamic response of buildings and floor slabs to blast loading. Modelling and progressive collapse of structures as a result of explosion. Tunnel shells and fire protection - tests and analyses. Fire induced progressive collapse analysis of safety critical structures. Substructuring in fire engineering. Developing 'HAZOP' methodologies to refine fire risk assessments. Bayesian assessment of structural risk under fire design situation. Influence of strain gradient on the ductility of a reinforced concrete column. High volumetric pressures and strain rate effects in concrete. Non-linear numerical modelling of slender bridge piers. Testing devices for investigating structures under abnormal loading. Contact force response of confined concrete cylinders subjected to hard impact. Behaviour of damaged reinforced concrete frames. Seismic tests on a full-scale monument model. Seismic analyses of a r/c building - study of a retrofitting solution. Cyclic testing and analysis of steel end-plate connections. Numerical simulation and modelling of orthotropic steel bridge decks. Dynamic response of steel duct panels to blast loading. Simulation of lateral loading on coke oven walls during ram pushing. Full-scale test of prototype superheater secondary restraint system. Carbon fibre composites as structural reinforcement in a nuclear installation. Experimental and analytical studies of steel t-stubs at elevated temperatures. Non-holonic elastoplastic behaviour of a two span beam. Serviceability behaviour of a 3-dimensional roof truss system. Dynamic analysis of a narrow turbogenerator foundation on piles. Appendix. Temperatures attained by structural steel in building fires based upon full scale tests. Numerical modelling of an offshore concrete gravity platform on an uneven seabed. Author index. Subject Index.