Computer Aided Engineering Problems and Prospects

We are now entering the third decade of engineering computer applications. In the past twenty years, the computer has become a requisite tool in civil engineering. One is hard-pressed to imagine the analysis and design of structures such as high-rise buildings (exemplified by the Sears Tower, John Hancock Building, World Trade Center, etc.) without such a powerful computational tool. Unfortunately, the computer is still used as a basic tool, and has not been fully integrated into the design process. There has been a significant increase in the scope, range, and power of the computer applications, but there has been little progress in the development of an integrated computer aided engineering environment.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Rehak, Daniel Robert

• Engineering, Civil

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8203557

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69895