Structural Engineering International

Special Issue for 13th International Industrial Engineering Conference (IIEC 2017)

     This special issue is a collection of refereed articles selected from the 13th International Industrial Engineering Conference (IIEC 2017). The initial selection was made by Dr. Hamed Fazlollahtabar who also wrote the following description. The accepted articles were reviewed going through the usual reviewing process of IJOR. Nezam Mahdavi-Amiri Editor-in-Chief &nbs...

Art and Structural Engineering-Art of Structural Engineering

Beyond the classical dispute between architects and engineers, it is a matter of fact that art and engineering are not only compatible, but also for some cases indissociable. This communication aims to contribute to the debate. In the first part the experience of artists is exemplified in terms of influence on structural engineering : Pevsner and Snelson opened the way to complex surfaces and i...

Advances in Structural Engineering

This paper presents several advancements in the use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials for the precast concrete industry. Precast concrete members are commonly selected for reasons such as the high level of quality control used in their production, the durability of the finished structure, reduced labor costs and shorter construction schedules, and the economics of scale achieved with ...

Uncertainty in Structural Engineering

Structural engineering design is replete with uncertainties, some of which are obvious and some of which many engineers may never have considered. This paper is an examination of the uncertainties facing structural engineers and the ways that engineers have developed to handle those uncertainties. Uncertainty can be separated into two categories: Aleatory, related to luck or chance, and epistem...

Structural and Material Engineering