Comparative Design of Structures: Concepts and Methodologies

✍ Scribed by Shaopei Lin, Zhen Huang

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 411
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents comparative design as an approach to the conceptual design of structures. Primarily focusing on reasonable structural performance, sustainable development and architectural aesthetics, it features detailed studies of structural performance through the composition and de-composition of these elements for a variety of structures, such as high-rise buildings, long-span crossings and spatial structures. The latter part of the book addresses the theoretical basis and practical implementation of knowledge engineering in structural design, and a case-based fuzzy reasoning method is introduced to illustrate the concept and method of intelligent design. The book is intended for civil engineers, structural designers and architects, as well as senior undergraduate and graduate students in civil engineering and architecture. Lin Shaopei and Huang Zhen are both Professors at the Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction of Design Philosophy....Pages 1-12
Introduction to Structural Design....Pages 13-48
Global Design of Structures....Pages 49-114
Systematic Analyses of Substructures....Pages 115-199
Comparative Design and Analyses of High-Rise Buildings....Pages 201-252
Comparative Design and Analyses of Large-Span Structures....Pages 253-297
Comparative Design and Analyses of Spatial Structures....Pages 299-328
Intelligent Design Based on Knowledge Engineering....Pages 329-368
Back Matter....Pages 369-404

✦ Subjects

Building Construction; Building Types and Functions; Engineering Design; Computational Intelligence