Novel Approaches in Civil Engineering

Download or read book Novel Approaches in Civil Engineering written by Michel Fremond and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this edited book various novel approaches to problems of current interest in civil engineering are demonstrated. The topics range from dynamic band seismic problems to the analysis of long-span structures and ancient buildings. Experts associated within the Lagrange Laboratory present recent research results on functionally-graded or composite materials, granular materials, geotechnics, as well as frictional or adhesive contact problems.