This paper describes how the Finite Strip Method may be used for studies of linear viscoelastic behaviour, buckling, as well as non-linear behaviour of various types of reinforced concrete plate structures. Using the Green-Lagrange's strain tensor, the equations of balance for geometrically non-linear elastic and viscoelastic problems were derived. General expressions for stiffness matrices, loading vectors and residual forces were formulated, and possible solutions for a number of complex problems (large deflections, buckling, creep, creep in the conditions of big displacement etc.) were opened. Complex mathematical expressions were programmed within the frame of the standard Newton-Raphson's iterative procedure. In all cases only small number of harmonics were used in the calculations, with the error in the iterative procedure of 1/1000. It is important to emphasize the stability of this procedure with a relatively small number of iterations required to obtain the desired accuracy.

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