Alphose Zingoni

TL;DR: The use of group theory in simplifying the study of problems involving symmetry is a well-established approach in various branches of physics and chemistry, and major applications in these areas date back more than 70 years as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of recent research on the strength, stability and vibration behaviour of liquid-containment shell structures, and traces the developments pertaining to the design of these facilities to withstand various loading and environmental effects such as liquid pressure, wind pressure, ground movement and thermal effects.

TL;DR: A procedure for the systematic search and identification of the symmetries of 2D and 3D structural configurations, and hence for the automatic recognition of the symmetry group to be used in a group-theoretic analysis of the system.

TL;DR: In this article, the symmetries of various configurations of layered space grids are described, and the associated vibration modes are explored using a group-theoretic approach, and some important observations are made in this regard.

TL;DR: Vibration problems in structural mechanics are focused on and some of the insights and qualitative benefits that group theory affords are revealed, including an appreciation of all the possible symmetries of modes of vibration.