The first definition suggests that stress results from pressure. The greater the pressure the more likely that the recipient, whether a person or a load-bearing beam, will succumb. When the (external) stimulus becomes too great, (internal) collapse becomes inevitable. This definition focuses on external sources of stress and encapsulates well its cumulative nature. Adding one more ounce to the ...

This article demonstrates the applicability of the parallel-in-time method Parareal to the numerical solution of the Einstein gravity equations for the spherical collapse of a massless scalar field. To account for the shrinking of the spatial domain in time, a tailored load balancing scheme is proposed and compared to load balancing based on number of time steps alone. The performance of Parare...

Thin shell torispherical pressure vessel heads are known to exhibit complex elasticplastic deformation and buckling behaviour under static pressure. In pressure vessel Design by Analysis, the designer is required to assess both of these behaviour modes when specifying the allowable static load. The EN and ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes permit the use of inelastic analysis in design by an...

The paper applies a computer-based method involving stochastic search, multi-criteria optimization and color filtering to investigate the tradeoff between the life-cycle profitability of highrise commercial office buildings and their load-path safety against progressive collapse under abnormal loading. The study was motivated by the progressive-collapse failure of the twin towers of the World T...

Load modelling is a perennial source of consternation. Postmortem analyses of disturbances frequently conclude that load models must be adjusted to achieve an adequate match between measured and simulated behaviour. However the development of load models that are accurate over a wide range of system conditions requires, 1) testing that is undesirable for customers, and/or 2) measurement of beha...

An initial punching shear failure or column loss in a reinforced concrete flat-plate structure may lead to the dynamic load redistribution surrounding connections. The demand and capacity at these connections will determine if subsequent failures occur leading collapse of structure. Therefore, effect needs investigation order evaluate potential This paper analyzes previous experimental work as ...