Performance-Based Optimization of Structures introduces a method to bridge the gap between structural optimization theory and its practical application to structural engineering. The Performance-Based Optimization (PBO) method combines modern structural optimisation theory with performance based design concepts to produce a powerful technique for use in structural design. This book provides the latest PBO techniques for achieving optimal topologies and shapes of continuum structures with stress; displacement and mean compliance constraints.The emphasis is strongly placed on practical applications of automated PBO techniques to the strut-and-tie modelling of structural concrete; which includes reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. Basic concepts underlying the development of strut-and-lie models; design optimization procedure; and detailing of structural concrete are described in detail. Alternative approaches to topology optimization are also introduced. The book contains numerouspractical design examples illustrating the nature of the load transfer mechanism of structures.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Eccentric; but a peculiarly satisfying readBy lyndonbrechtThis may be the best of the Reaktion Books "Objekt" series. As is often the case with series by this publisher; the book is not just bridges; but bridges as depicted in the arts; a good deal of bridge history; a little of the science involved and a great deal of eclectic content that contributes to making the book have surprises for the interested reader.The book starts more or less with telling about bridges. This means bridges in photography; art; literature and film (think Brooklyn Bridge or Bridge Over the Rive Kwai). One interesting bit is about artist Jodi Rose; who has sought to record major bridges all over the world; in the sense of Aeolian harps.Theres also some rather odd and oddly interesting authorial assertion. The construction of bridges changes imaginary and social space he says (his point is obscure; perhaps in linking places previously unlinked). He compares current Chinese bridge building in Tibet with English bridge building in Scotland 250 years ago. He says "A bridge always creates a zone of disruption; disturbance and possibility." That seems farfetched but an imperial power building an infrastructure such as bridges; whether in Tibet or Scotland; is understandable. Bridges can be a tool of domination.Bridges can also be symbols of another kind; as in the famed Mostar bridge; constructed in 1566 by Hayruddin for Suleiman. This was destroyed in the 1990s Balkan troubles; and Bishop compares this to the Talibans destruction of the Bamiyan Bhuddas.An interesting; if a bit eccentric; read.