A
talk on
THREE CONCEPTS FOR
DESIGNING STIFFER STRUCTURES
Buildings
have become taller, floors wider and bridges longer in recent years. It is
expected that the
trend of
increasing heights and spans will continue in the future. The basic
theory of
of a single-span structure is proportional to its span
powered
ever-increased heights and spans, and design
structures
span or increasing sizes of
cross-
these
requirements. What are the concepts behind these measures? Are
to make a structure stiffer?
This
structures.
The
talk will show how the three simple but effective concepts can be obtained from
the
mechanics and how the concepts can be implemented into practice.
given to illustrate the concepts and their
to touch and
examples will be provided to show the application and the
The talk is developed
and tailored to meet busy engineers’ requirements, which is about
one hour
plus a half-hour discussions and questions. It will be given at your office and allow
as many structural engineers
as possible to benefit.
·
to understand the new
ways to increase the stiffness of a structure without using extra materials,
·
to know the potential of
the concepts being applied into designs,
·
to develop a sense to
judge relative stiffnesses of several similar structures, and
·
possibly to stimulate
their own ideas for implementing these concepts into practice.