Optimization Aided Design: Reinforced Concrete (incl. ebook as PDF) - Softcover

Gaganelis, Georgios; Mark, Peter; Forman, Patrick

 
9783433033388: Optimization Aided Design: Reinforced Concrete (incl. ebook as PDF)

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Optimization Aided Design provides novel methods to use reinforced concrete in a particularly efficient way. Mathematical optimization is applied to the practical problems of concrete design. The aim is to employ the world's most widely used building material in the most economical way and thus substantially reduce CO2 emissions from cement and steel production as well as resource consumption of gravel, sand and water.
Three topics are addressed. First, the identification of the structure. This means the question of the right outer shape such that slender load-bearing designs develop following the flux of forces. In line with the stress affinity of the material, the structures are predominantly subjected to compression. Second, the reinforcement layout, which is oriented to the stress trajectories. Advantages arise particularly for walls, voluminous structural components, load introduction areas and cut-outs. Clear strut-and-tie models emerge that are directly convertible into reinforcement layouts. Third, the treatment of cross-sections. They are optimized in their shape and designed in their reinforcement. This also applies to sophisticated loading conditions (biaxial bending) and virtually arbitrary geometrical configurations. Parameterization allows the transfer to general cross-section types.
The optimization aided methods are described extensively and in an illustrative manner. They are universally applicable and independent of standards, concrete types and reinforcements. They apply to normal strength to ultra-high performance concretes, to reinforcements made of steel, carbon or glass fibers, and to rebars as well as reinforcing fibers. Numerous illustrations and computation examples demonstrate their application. Moreover, practical applications are presented, including ultra-light concrete-steel beams, slender concrete solar collectors, and improved reinforcement layouts for tunnel lining. The book addresses students, researchers, and practitioners alike.
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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Georgios Gaganelis is a structural designer for civil engineering structures and a freelance consultant in structural optimization. 2020 he received his PhD at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany in the field of optimization strategies for concrete and steel-concrete-composite structures. His research interest focus on topology optimization and material driven steering. A special focus lies on ultra-light structures requiring minimal material efforts.
Peter Mark is a full professor for Structural Concrete at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He is researching on applied optimization methods and lightweight concrete structures since 20 years. He received his PhD in 1994 and the post-doctoral degree in 2006. He is Consultant Engineer and Independent Checking Engineer since 2008 and involved in several bridge, tunnel and building construction projects.
Patrick Forman is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Concrete Structures at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He received his PhD in 2016. More than 10 years he is researching on lightweight shell and beam structures made of high-performance materials using various structural optimization techniques. Currently, he is technical and managing director of an interdisciplinary research centre on adaptive modularized construction methods.


Georgios Gaganelis ist Planungsingenieur für Ingenieurbauwerke und freiberuflicher Berater im Bereich der Strukturoptimierung. Seine Promotion erhielt er 2020 an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum mit einer Arbeit über Optimierungsstrategien für Beton- und Stahl-Beton-Verbundtragwerke. Seine Forschungsinteressen liegen in der topologischen Optimierung und der baustoffgerechten Steuerung der Formfindung. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt auf ultra-leichten Konstruktionen, die mit minimalen Materialmengen auskommen.
Peter Mark ist Universitätsprofessor für Massivbau an der Ruhr-Universität in Bochum. Er forscht auf den Gebieten der angewandten Optimierungsmethoden und des Betonleichtbaus seit 20 Jahren. Er promovierte 1994 und habilitierte sich 2006. Er ist Beratender Ingenieur und Prüfingenieur für Baustatik seit 2008 und maßgeblich beteiligt an zahlreichen Projekten des Brücken-, Tunnel- und Hochbaus.
Patrick Forman ist Oberingenieur am Lehrstuhl für Massivbau an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Seine Promotion schloss er 2016 ab. Seit über 10 Jahren forscht er zu leichten Schalen und Stabstrukturen aus Hochleistungsmaterialien mit verschiedenartigen Optimierungsmethoden. Aktuell ist er Geschäftsführer und technischer Leiter eines interdisziplinären Großforschungsprogramms zu adaptiven Modulbauweisen.

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