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Preliminaries
1	ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITES
1.1	An Analysis Concept for Investigating Global and Local Effects in Stiffened Composite Structures I.C. Skrna-Jakl and F.G. Rammerstorfer	1
1.2	Stresses and Strains in Fiber Optic Sensors Embedded in Composite Materials R. Van Steenkiste and L.P. Kollar	11
1.3	The Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Polyester Resin Composites A. Bayram and M. Yazici	19
2	LAMINATION MODELS
2.1	Interlaminar Shear Stress and Transverse Shear Stiffness of Laminated Plates K.J. Lee and J.K. Son	25
2.2	A Finite Element for Laminated Beams A.E.A. Kurban, A. Dolinski Campos and H.L. Soriano	33
2.3	On Modeling of Global Response Behavior of Sandwich Plates with Laminated Faces M. Di Sciuva and U. Icardi	39
3	DELAMINATION MODELS
3.1	Delamination Analysis of Thin Composite Structures using a Multi-Director Formulation F. Gruttmann and W. Wagner	51
3.2	Semi-Analytical Finite Element Formulations for Delamination Prediction in Layered Composite Structures M.A. Stiftinger and F.G. Rammerstorfer	61
4	SANDWICH COMPOSITES
4.1	Free Vibration Analysis of Deep Doubly Curved Sandwich Panels A.V. Singh	73
5	DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITES
5.1	Polyhedrally-Stiffened Cylindrical Shells for Undersea Composite Pressure Hulls R.H. Knapp and T.T. Le	81
5.2	Stresses and Displacements in Repaired Plates Made out of Composite Materials C. Katzenschwanz	91
5.3	Identification of Mechanical Properties of Composite Plate Specimens using a Discrete Higher Order Displacement Model and Experimental Vibration Data A.L. Araujo, C.M. Mota Soares, M.J. Moreira de Freitas and P. Pedersen	101
6	DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
6.1	Buckling and Dynamic Behaviour of Laminate Composite Plates using a Discrete Higher-Order Displacement Model J. Simoes Moita	113
6.2	Vibration Analysis of Rotating Composite Cylindrical Shells with Orthogonal Stiffeners Y.-S. Lee, J.-W. Kim and J.-S. Hyun	129
7	ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES
7.1	Yield Criteria for Reinforced Concrete under Plane Stress A. Bensalem and P. Bhatt	137
7.2	Finite Element Analysis of Expansive Effect of Steel Corrosion A.H.C. Chan, Y.G. Du and L.A. Clark	143
7.3	Effect of Notch Depth on Flexural Properties of Short Fiber Reinforced Composites M. Yazici and A. Bayram	153
8	OPTIMAL DESIGN OF COMPOSITIES
8.1	Sequential Quadratic Programming for Optimum Design of Thin Anisotropic Laminates C. Cinquini and P. Venini	159
8.2	Vibration Control of Beam-Plates Bonded with Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators C.-C. Lin and H.-N. Huang	167

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