Georgia Dome Cable Roof Construction Techniques
This paper will provide a case study of the construction of the Hypar-Tensegrity Cable Roof for the Georgia Dome. The paper will emphasize innovative computer analysis of the construction...
Effects of Spatial Triangulation on the Behavior of Tensegrity Domes
A number of long span 'tensegrity' dome type structures have recently been realized pursuant to the inventions of R. Buckminster Fuller and David H. Geiger. These structures have demonstrated...
Direct and Modal Analyses for Shape-Finding of Unstable Structures
Shape-finding analysis of unstable structures has been presented by using generalized inverse (Tanaka and Hangai, 1986). The 'Modal Analysis' using rigid body modes is elegant, but the...
Multimedia Implications to Structural Engineering
The usage of computer technologies have revolutionized the practice of structural engineering during the past thirty years. The advent of multimedia technologies within computer hardware...
General Structure Representation for Neural Networks
Current applications of neural networks for structural analysis are limited to specific structures. In order to expand the use of neural networks to general structural types, the input...
How to Optimize Light-Gage, Cold-Formed Steel Beams
The Illustrative Examples section of the AISI Cold-Formed Steel Design Manual (AISI 1989) demonstrates how to analyze a number of different cold-formed steel sections. This paper applies...
Large-Scale Computations in Analysis of Structures
Computer hardware and numerical analysis algorithms have progressed to a point where many engineering organizations and universities can perform nonlinear analyses on a routine basis....
An Automated Environment for Parallel Computing
Research on a prototype concurrent software development environment for large-scale structural engineering computing is currently underway at Purdue University. This environment is being...
Timing Analysis of a Multiprocessor Architecture for Active Control
This paper describes how real-time multiprocessor systems, such as those required for active structural control, can be developed to satisfy timing requirements on hardware and software....
Computer-Aided Structural Engineering Software: The Status of Concurrent Engineering
Concurrent engineering encompasses computer-aided engineering (CAE), multidisciplinary CAE (MCAE), computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer...
Application of Computer-Aided Structural Engineering
From as early as 1988, the Civil/Structural Group of Bechtel Corp.'s Houston Regional Office has viewed its automated production tools as components of a production system. Intergraph's...
Checking of CAD Drawings for Fabrication Issues
Communication between the fabricator and engineer is crucial to the production of an economical, safe, and functional steel structure. However, the transfer of information between involved...
Steel Detailing Neutral File from Modeling Software
Today's generation of computer graphics applications used for the purposes of modeling industrial structures can now transmit engineering electronic data to other downstream functions....
SQP Methods for Inverse Airfoil Design
We consider inverse design problems of systems governed by suitable discretizations of a boundary value problem (BVP). We present and examine a Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) method...
Computing in Analysis and Design in Structural Engineering Education, Practice and Registration - A Rationale for Dialogue
Structural analysis and design are increasingly being taught using personal computers, workstations or mainframe computers at the universities. The structural engineering designs in small...
Computing in Analysis and Design in Structural Engineering - An Educator's Point of View
The use of the computer in structural engineering education is discussed. It is emphasized that the students must have an understanding of both the analysis process and the behavior of...
Computing and Design in Structural Engineering A Practicing Engineer's Point of View
The development of the electronic computational power of the computer has been a boon to the structural engineering profession. The resulting increases in the speed and efficiency of the...
Computing in Analysis and Design in Structural Engineering Education, Practice and Registration: A View from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
When taking the examinations for licensure as professional engineers, computers are not allowed. The knowledge tested on the Structural Engineering examinations are discussed with a sample...
Validation of a Continental-Scale Storm Surge Model for the Coast of Delaware
Coastal structures are designed to provide protection against various forces of nature acting in the coastal zone. Structures such as seawalls are expected to provide onshore protection...
Solutions of Primitive Equations for Three-dimensional Tidal Circulation
Readily available computing resources and new numerical methods have made it possible to reproduce detailed three-dimensional tidal circulation with very fine spatial resolution, and covering...
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