Structures and granular solids : from scientific principles to engineering application : an international conference in celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. J. Michael Rotter /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Royal Society of Edinburgh, Taylor & Francis, International Conference on Structures and Granular Solids: From Scientific Principles to Engineering Applications
Other Authors: Chen, J. F. (Jian-Fei), 1963-, Ooi, J. Y. (Jin Y.), Teng, J. G.
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Taylor & Francis, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Structures, stability, silos and granular solids: a personal adventure / J.M. Rotter 1
  • Bulk solids flow and loading
  • Modelling granular materials: discontinuum
  • continuum / D.M. Wood 21
  • Scaling up solids handling processes and equipment: limits of theory and scale modeling / J.W. Carson, T.J. Troxel, K.E. Bengtson 41
  • From silo phenomena to load models / J. Nielsen 49
  • Experience with funnel flow / M. Kaldenhoff 59
  • Shock loads in an iron ore train loading bin / A.W. Roberts 67
  • Studies of buried pipe behaviour / I.D. Moore 77
  • Progressive pressure measurements beneath a granular pile with and without base deflection / J.Y. Ooi, J. Ai, Z. Zhong, J.F. Chen, J.M. Rotter 87
  • Silos and shell structures
  • Design of silos for flow and strength
  • the various contributors must communicate / P. Arnold 95
  • Developments in the design of rectangular planform silos / C.J. Brown 103
  • Recent silo codes
  • and still structural failure? / P. Knoedel 113
  • Some unresolved problems in the design of steel cylindrical silos / F. Ayuga 123
  • A case history of the failure of some silos during discharge / J.B. Burland 135
  • Investigation of laser-beam welding induced distortions in thin sheets of Al 6056T4 / J.F. Jullien, A. Combescure, M. Zain-ul-abdein 145
  • Local dimpling of the shell surface of a tank due to shrinkage effects / J.M.F.G. Holst 153
  • Seismic response of tanks in view of shell theory / R. Greiner, M. Kettler 159
  • Buckling of thin-walled pressurized cylinders under bending load / A. Limam, C. Mathon, A. Combescure, J.F. Jullien 169
  • Fibre reinforced polymer composites to increase the buckling strength of imperfect cylindrical shells / M. Batikha, J.F. Chen, J.M. Rotter 177
  • Effect of geometric nonlinearity of locally supported cylinders / C. Doerich 183
  • Local buckling and deformation capacity of tubes in steel structures / A.M. Gresnigt, S.A. Karamanos 199
  • Indirect straining of shallow axisymmetric domes: analysis and behaviour / M.A. Bradford, E. Hamed, R.I. Gilbert 219
  • Vibrational frequencies of a Guastavino spiral staircase shell / P. Mandal, C.R. Calladine 231
  • Mechanics of materials and structures
  • A new approach to teaching and learning structural analysis / S. Kitipornchai, H.F. Lam, T. Reichl 247
  • Total bond-slip and friction-dilatancy membrane model for R/C structures / T.G. Harmon, M. So 259
  • Experimental investigation of concrete under multiaxial extension: loading path dependent stress-strain behaviour / M. Petkovski, P. Waldron 275
  • Numerical modelling of heated structures: nature, requirements and benchmarks / M. Gillie 285
  • Deflection of semi-rigidly connected beams / B. Ahmed, T.Q. Li, D.A. Nethercot 293
  • Sensitivity study of a historic bridge
  • Goole swing bridge / M. Cai, D.M. Merrett 305
  • Mechanics of debonding in FRP-plated RC beams / J.G. Teng, J.F. Chen 313.