Presents a treatment of structural modeling for applications in design, research, education, and product development. This book emphasizes modeling the behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete and masonry structures. It focuses on the modeling of the true inelastic behavior of structures.

Structural Modeling and Experimental Techniques presents a current treatment of structural modeling for applications in design, research, education, and product development. Providing numerous case studies throughout, the book emphasizes modeling the behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete and masonry structures. This book serves students in model analysis and experimental methods, professionals manufacturing and testing structural models, as well as professionals testing large or full-scale structures - since the instrumentation techniques and overall approaches for testing large structures are very similar to those used in small-scale modeling work. TOC:Introduction to Physical Modeling in Structural Engineering.- The Theory of Structural Models.- Elastic Models Materials and Techniques.- Inelastic Models: Materials for Concrete and Masonry Structures.- Inelastic Models: Structural Steel and Reinforcing Bars.- Model Fabrication Techniques.- Instrumentation Principles and Applications.- Loading Systems and Laboratory Techniques.- Size Effects, Accuracy and Reliability in Materials System and Models.- Model Applications and Case Studies.- Structural Models for Wind, Blast, Impact and Earthquake Loads.- Educational Models for Civil and Architectural Engineering.

"?a major contribution to an engineering education?useful and clearly presented?outstanding resource for any educator?well illustrated?-Paul J. Tikalsky,Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University