Publications (excerpt)

Paolo Rugarli Calcolo Strutturale con gli Elementi Finiti

EPC Libri 2023

It is the second edition of the book published in 2003 that explains how the finite element method works.

Paolo Rugarli Steel Connection Analysis

John Wiley & Sons, 2018

This book is about steel connections. The treatment is innovative and describes how you can tackle with a general approach the analysis and check of steel connections, both bolted and welded. The book, in English, is the result of a research lasting almost 20 years. This book describes the theoretical background of the software CSE.

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The chapters are:
1. Introduction
2. Jnodes
3. A model for connection
4. Renodes
5. The pillars of connection analysis
6. Connectors: weld layouts
7. Connectors: bolt layouts and contact
8. Failure modes
9. Analysis: hybrid approach
10. Analysis: pure fem approach
11. Conclusions
Appendix 1: conventions and recalls
Appendix 2: tangent stiffness matrix of fillet-welds
Appendix 3: tangent stiffness matrix of bolts in shear

Paolo Rugarli Validazione Strutturale, vol. 1: Aspetti Generali

EPC Libri 2014

This book if fully about the Validation of Structural Models and Analyses. The problem of Validation is faced with an interdisciplinary approach, of wide range. The book is a serious effort to frame a matter wide and complex. 

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The chapters are:
1. The context
2. Probability
3. Reasoning and decoding
4. Validation
5. Errors
6. Features of a standard model
7. Fingerprints
8. Means of control
9. The seismic standard case

Paolo Rugarli Structural Analysis with Finite Elements

Thomas TelfordICE 2010

It is the English version of Calcolo Strutturale con gli Elementi Finiti

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