Computer science and numerical methods are employed to analyze the ability of complex structural systems and their processes to resist special environmental events. Presents such methods as reliability analysis, random vibration and expert system applications and assesses the adequacy of each against the mechanical model. Practical applications are illustrated by many examples in engineering, nuclear and conventional power plants, aerospace industry and civil engineering.
- ISBN10 0863801145
- ISBN13 9780863801143
- Publish Date 20 February 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 February 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Research Studies Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 430
- Language English