This fourth volume in the set of nine volumes on structural dynamic systems focuses on the most common causes of failure in structural dynamic systems: the exceeding of maximum system design limits and structural fatigue. Subjects treated are: fatigue crack propagation under environmental actions; techniques in dynamic fracture mechanics; boundary integral equation methods in dynamics and fracture; seismic retrofitting of concrete columns with fiber composite wrap; and reliability aspects in dynamic and structural optimization. Lacks an index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
