Designing for hazardous and abnormal loads has become an important requirement in the design process of most major buildings and civil engineering structures, ranging from tall buildings to bridges, power plants to harbour and coastal installations. This state-of-the-art volume was compiled by the Institution of Structural Engineers' informal study group Model Analysis as a Design Tool and City University's Structures Research Centre. It contains a series of papers on the design and analysis of structures through full scale and numerical modelling including the crucial areas of hazard identification and risk assessment of structures. This book will be essential reading for civil and structural engineers, designers and researchers.

About the Author
K. S. Virdi, Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, City University, London, UK R. S. Matthews, Manager of Consultancy and Testing, Taylor Woodrow Construction, UK J. L. Clarke, Principal Engineer, Concrete Society, UK and Visiting Professor, Cranfield University, UK F. 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

Reviews

`...this book will be essential reading for civil and structural engineers, designers and researchers.' - Current Engineering Practice 2001

This 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

Book Information
ISBN 9780419259602
Author K. S. Virdi
Format Hardback
Page Count 374
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 839g