Engineering Structures Under Extreme Conditions (NATO Science Series III, Computer and Systems Sciences)

Papers from a NATO ARW meeting, "Multi-physics and Multi-scale Computer Models in Nonlinear Analysis and Optimal Design of Engineering Structures under Extreme Conditions" are collected here, demonstrating the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration. Some specific topics examined include macro-models and simplified methods for efficient structural analysis in earthquake engineering, the role of structural mechanics in inelastic material analysis and design, computational aspects of probability in non-linear mechanics, and discrete models for geomaterials. There is no subject index. Annotation 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)