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Abstract
This thesis is an investigation of the static and dynamic
response of three dimensional steel claded structures. The
thesis introduce an extensive survey of published work on
general concepts, historical and structural types of claded
structures. A numerical procedure for the static analysis of
highly nonlinear skeletal structures based on minimization of
the total potential work has been extended to account for the
structural components of claded structures. The geometrical
nonlinear effects are accounted for in the method through an
iterative procedure.
The above mentioned static method is extended to
predict the dynamic response of claded structures to dynamic
loads in time domain. The complete theory which is based on
minimization of the total dynamic works (Energy) has been
developed in terms of Newmark equation. The static and
dynamic behaviour of claded structures have been
investigated using the above proposed energy algorithm.
Different mathematical models of cladding structures are
presented in order to show this substantial contribution to the
static and dynamic behaviour of such structures. Detailed
results are presented for a partially and fully claded structures
taking into account the effect of some different parameters.
The results of this study are discussed and summarized.