Design Analysis of Beams, Circular Plates and Cylindrical Tanks on Elastic Foundations, Second Edition

This book presents comprehensive outlines of elastic numerical analyses of beams, axisymetric plates, and circular-cylindrical tanks resting on elastic foundations and/or unyielding supports. The included software is based on the numerical techniques discussed in the book and constitutes a powerful tool, making the design analysis of the related structures very easy. Together, the book and software are of great practical use to engineers working in the design of beams, strips, circular plates, cylindrical tanks and silos, and also to postgraduate students and researchers with interest in this area of soil-structure interaction. Furthermore, the book will be a valuable resource in engineering education involving modern computer-based analysis techniques. Elastic foundations are modelled either as Winkler springs or elastic half-space continua (isotropic and cross-anisotropic). Applied solutions techniques incorporate a variant of the direct stiffness method and an energy-based finite difference approach. This extended and revised second edition provides important extensions of unique techniques of numerical analyses of beams, long strips, circular plates, and circular-cylindrical tanks resting on elastic foundations and/or unyielding/elastic supports. Emphasis is placed upon simplicity of analysis without compromising the accuracy of results and a large number of examples are included for illustration. These also provide help for users of the easy-to-use software included.The fully revised software runs smoothly under current Windows operating systems. Employing the numerical techniques outlined in the book, this powerful tool makes design analysis of the related structures easy and time-efficient. The applicability of the software is extended to analysis of laterally loaded piles and bending analysis of retaining walls. A bonus suite of complementary software containing programmes for elastic-plastic soil-structure interaction analyses of beams/strips, laterally loaded piles/sheet-piles, and long retaining walls is also included. The book and software are of great use to practising engineers engaged in design of beams, strips, circular plates, circular-cylindrical tanks and silos. Postgraduate students and researchers working in the soil-structure interaction area should also find the book-software package of great value. "This extended and revised second edition provides important extensions of unique techniques of numerical analyses of beams, long strips, circular plates, and circular-cylindrical tanks resting on elastic foundations and/or unyielding/elastic supports. Emphasis is placed upon simplicity of analysis without compromising the accuracy of results and a large number of examples are included for illustration. These also provide help for users of the easy-to-use software included." "The book and software are of great use to practising engineers engaged in design of beams, strips, circular plates, circular-cylindrical tanks and silos. Postgraduate students and researchers working in the soil-structure interaction area should also find the book-software package of great value."--Jacket