Modeling Complex Engineering Structures

This book provides an overview of cutting-edge developments in computational theory and techniques as currently applied in various fields of structural analysis, in the United States and around the world. By presenting a state-of-the-art view across so many applications of structural analysis, the book encourages the cross-fertilization of modeling approaches, computational techniques, and performance assessment analyses from one engineering discipline to another, making this book an essential reference for analysts and designers from all disciplines.