Advanced Analysis for Steel Design: From Theory to Practice

• Published in: Fourth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures pp. 61 - 67
• Main Authors: Chen, W.F., Kim, S.E.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2005
• ISBN: 9780080446370; 008044637X
• DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044637-0/50010-X

The chapter describes some critical issues associated with the practical use of advanced analysis methods in frame design and provides some simple solutions for its practical implementation. A historical sketch on the advances of structural analysis and design over the last 35 years is presented, and directions of future research and progress are explored in the chapter. The advanced analysis technology serves the structural engineering profession with the state-of-the-art design methods. The advanced analysis methods described in the chapter encourage designers to use more accurate analysis methods and computer programs. The advanced analysis can predict more accurately possible failure modes of a structure, exhibit a more uniform level of safety, and provide a better long-term serviceability and maintainability. The chapter also discusses the need to consider the key factors in the advanced analysis that are grouped into two types: geometric and material nonlinearities.