Structural engineering is a discipline with a distinguished history in its own right with its landmark monuments and famous personalities from centuries past to the present [1, 2]. Moreover, it is also a discipline that relies on rich nonlinear mathematics as its basis. The aim of this article to show some of the interesting features and practical relevance of nonlinear mathematics in the behav...

This paper proposes a new approach to representing structural system inspired by various models of complex systems. Several types of generative representations of steel structural systems are provided and empirically investigated. These representations utilize various kinds of cellular automata to generate design concepts of steel structures in tall buildings. In the paper, a brief overview of ...

learning rapidly and competently has become a pre-eminent strategy for improving organizational performance in the new knowledge era. improving dynamic learning capability is an exclusive strategy for corporate success in construction industry. thus engineering design firms should implement ol to accomplish a state of readiness for change and develop a competence to respond and identify future ...

The failure probability of the structures is one of the challenging problems in structural engineering. To obtain the reliability index introduced by Hasofer and Lind, one needs to solve a nonlinear equality constrained optimization problem. In this study, four of the most recent metaheuristic algorithms are utilized for finding the design point and the failure probability of problems with cont...

It is common in many countries that engineers having an academic degree in Civil Engineering are appointed responsible for different tasks related to Bridge Engineering. However, there are serious questions about whether formal university courses in civil engineering could cover the needs of a bridge engineer to fulfill his or her job successfully. Regarding the recent significant advances in t...

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An open collaborative model for development of structural analysis program is presented in this paper. The main design principle of this framework is to keep the kernel flexible and extendible so that the researchers and engineers can easily incorporate new element technologies and solution strategies. The distributed element service over the Internet shows that the open collaborative model cou...