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The use of composite structures in construction is increasing. The optimized combination of the two materials concrete and steel produces particularly cost-efficient structures. This book presents a large number of numerical examples with detailed explanations of the provisions of Eurocode 4. It deals with the most common structural components in building construction: beams, columns and slabs. Furthermore, comprehensive chapters provide insight into the topics of creep and shrinkage, as well as fatigue. This book enables the reader to efficiently perform analyses of composite structures. It is a valuable reference book for professionals as well as an outstanding means for students to become familiar with the Eurocode 4.

Design and Analysis of Composite Structures enables graduate students and engineers to generate meaningful and robust designs of complex composite structures. Combining analysis and design methods for structural components, the book begins with simple topics such as skins and stiffeners and progresses through to entire components of fuselages and wings. Starting with basic mathematical derivation followed by simplifications used in real-world design, Design and Analysis of Composite Structures presents the level of accuracy and range of applicability of each method. Examples taken from actual applications are worked out in detail to show how the concepts are applied, solving the same design problem with different methods based on different drivers (e.g. cost or weight) to show how the final configuration changes as the requirements and approach change. Provides a toolkit of analysis and design methods to most situations encountered in practice, as well as analytical frameworks and the means to solving them for tackling less frequent problems. Presents solutions applicable to optimization schemes without having to run finite element models at each iteration, speeding up the design process and allowing examination of several more alternatives than traditional approaches. Includes guidelines showing how decisions based on manufacturing considerations affect weight and how weight optimization may adversely affect the cost. Accompanied by a website at www.wiley.com/go/kassapoglou hosting lecture slides and solutions to the exercises for instructors.

Comprehensively covers new and existing methods for the design and analysis of composites structures with damage presentProvides efficient and accurate approaches for analysing structures with holes and impact damageIntroduces a new methodology for fatigue analysis of compositesProvides design guidelines, and step by step descriptions of how to apply the methods, along with evaluation of their accuracy and applicabilityIncludes problems and exercisesAccompanied by a website hosting lecture slides and solutions

This book provides an introduction to the theory and design of composite structures of steel and concrete. Material applicable to both buildings and bridges is included, with more detailed information relating to structures for buildings. Throughout, the design methods are illustrated by calculations in accordance with the Eurocode for composite structures, EN 1994, Part 1-1, 'General rules and rules for buildings' and Part 1-2, 'Structural fire design', and their cross-references to ENs 1990 to 1993. The methods are stated and explained, so that no reference to Eurocodes is needed. The use of Eurocodes has been required in the UK since 2010 for building and bridge structures that are publicly funded. Their first major revision began in 2015, with the new versions due in the early 2020s. Both authors are involved in the work on Eurocode 4.

New edition updated with additional exercises and two new chapters.Design and Analysis of Composite Structures: With Applications to Aerospace Structures, 2nd Edition builds on the first edition and includes two new chapters on composite fittings and the design of a composite panel, as well additional exercises. The book enables graduate students and engineers to generate meaningful and robust designs of complex composite structures. A compilation of analysis and design methods for structural components made of advanced composites, it begins with simple parts such as skins and stiffeners and progresses through to applications such as entire components of fuselages and wings. It provides a link between theory and day-to-day design practice, using theory to derive solutions that are applicable to specific structures and structural details used in industry.Starting with the basic mathematical derivation followed by simplifications used in real-world design, Design and Analysis of Composite Structures: With Applications to Aerospace Structures, 2nd Edition presents the level of accuracy and range of applicability of each method along with design guidelines derived from experience combined with analysis. The author solves in detail examples taken from actual applications to show how the concepts can be applied, solving the same design problem with different methods based on different drivers (e.g. cost or weight) to show how the final configuration changes as the requirements and approach change. Each chapter is followed by exercises that represent specific design problems often encountered in the aerospace industry but which are also applicable in the in the automotive, marine, and construction industries.Updated to include additional exercises, that represent real design problems encountered in the aerospace industry, but which are also applicable in the in the automotive, marine, and construction industries.Includes two new chapters. One on composite fittings and another on application and the design of a composite panel.Provides a toolkit of analysis and design methods that enable engineers and graduate students to generate meaningful and robust designs of complex composite structures.Provides solutions that can be used in optimization schemes without having to run finite element models at each iteration; thus speeding up the design process and allowing the examination of many more alternatives than traditional approaches.Supported by a complete set of lecture slides and solutions to the exercises hosted on a companion website for instructors.An invaluable resource for Engineers and graduate students in aerospace engineering as well as Graduate students and engineers in mechanical, civil and marine engineering.

Composite construction has proven to be cost-effective, as this method merges precast and cast-in-place elements while preserving the effectiveness and seamless nature of monolithic construction. There are no experimental research results on the behavior of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP)-reinforced composite beams in the case of horizontal shear transfer in composite T-beams. This research aims to investigate a novel and sustainable approach using noncorroding GFRP as shear-transfer reinforcement in composite reinforced concrete (RC) T-beams. A total of six full-scale RC T-beams (one monolithic RC beam and five composite RC beams) measuring 4200 mm (165.4 in.) in length, 420 mm (16.5 in.) in depth, and 250 mm (9.8 in.) in width were constructed and tested until failure. The main experimental variables evaluated were shear reinforcement type (GFRP or steel stirrups); ratio (0.32, 0.35, or 0.48%), and shape (stirrups or bent bars). The test results were analyzed in terms of ultimate horizontal shear stress, deflection, slippage, and reinforcement strain. The experimental results indicate that the GFRP shear reinforcement provided adequate shear-transfer capacities compared to steel when provided across rough concrete interfaces. Moreover, the test results show that increasing the shear reinforcement ratio enhanced the performance of the composite RC T-beams in terms of horizontal shear capacity and slip. Furthermore, the available equations specified in design provisions, such as CAN/CSA S6-19 (2019) and AASHTO LRFD (2018), exhibited unduly conservative predictions of the interface shear strength of the GFRP bars. The results of this study unequivocally establish the viability and promise of employing GFRP bars as shear connectors in composite T-beam applications. Keywords: analytical equations; composite reinforced concrete T-beam; crack pattern; design codes; glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars; interface shear stress; reinforced concrete; shear reinforcement and connectors; shear stress and slip.

This book provides the basis for calculations of composite structures, using continuum mechanics to facilitate the treatment of more elaborate theories.A composite structure combines traditional materials (such as concrete) with new materials (such as high performance fibres) to explore and develop new structures.The author deals with individual.