The increasing necessity to solve complex problems in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering requires the development of new ideas, innovative methods and numerical tools for providing accurate numerical solutions in affordable computing times. This book presents the latest scientific developments in Computational Dynamics, Stochastic Dynamics, Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering in thirty-five self-contained contributions. The selected state-of-the-art chapters are revised and extended versions of the papers which were presented as plenary, semi-plenary and keynote lectures at the thematic COMPDYN 2007 Conference. This volume will benefit researchers and engineering professionals working on structural dynamics, earthquake engineering and computational mechanics. Readers will get acquainted with advanced computational methods and software tools, which can assist them in tackling complex problems in dynamic/seismic analysis and design. Moreover, it will raise the awareness of important application areas and the social impact of the scientific and technical fields involved.

Table of Contents:
PART 1 Computational Structural Dynamics 1 Computational stochastic dynamics – some lessons learned 2 Finite element response sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analyses 3 Energy-momentum algorithms for nonlinear solid dynamics and their assumed strain finite element formulation 4 Energy conservation and high-frequency damping in numerical time integration 5 Computational elastoacoustics of uncertain complex systems and experimental validation 6 Structural dynamics design validation and optimisation of structures with imprecise parameters using the fuzzy finite element method 7 Morphological indicators and the prediction of the first natural frequency of a lightweight structure 8 Dynamic analysis of plates stiffened by parallel beams with deformable connection 9 Impacts on beams: Uncertainty in experiments and numerical simulation 10 Rational derivation of conserving time integration schemes: The moving-mass case 11 Classical and soft robust active control of smart beams 12 Rail vibrations caused by ground stiffness transitions 13 Development and applications of a staggered FEM-BEM methodology for ground vibrations due to moving train loads 14 Vibration monitoring as a diagnosis tool for structural condition assessment PART 11 Computational Earthquake Engineering 15 Multi-resolution distributed FEA simulation of a 54-story RC building 16 Simplified probabilistic seismic performance assessment of buildings 17 Computational simulation of the seismic response of buildings with energy dissipating devices 18 Structural health monitoring by Bayesian updating 19 A multiphase model with hypoplastic formulation of the solid phase and its application to earthquake engineering problems 20 Mixed Lagrangian formulation in analysis of collapse of structures 21 Nonlinear models and nonlinear procedures for seismic analysis of reinforced concrete frame structures 22 Modelling inelastic buckling of reinforcing bars under earthquake loading 23 Analyzing steel moment-resisting connections using finite element modeling 24 Earthquake damage scenario software for urban areas 25 Nonlinear performance assessment of bridges with Incremental Response Spectrum Analysis (IRSA) procedure 26 The equivalent modal damping concept and its use in seismic design of steel structures 27 Bayesian updating and model class selection of deteriorating hysteretic structural models using recorded seismic response 28 Parallel soil–foundation–structure interaction computations 29 Dynamic interaction of retaining walls and retained soil and structures 30 Earthquake response of liquid tanks installed in saturated transversely isotropic soil 31 Advances in design optimization of reinforced concrete structural systems 32 Robust stochastic optimal control of seismically excited buildings 33 A multi-objective robust criterion for tuned mass dampers optimal design 34 Performance-based seismic optimization implementing neural networks 35 A very efficient computational procedure for the reliability-based optimization of uncertain stochastic linear dynamical systems