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Preliminaries
1	FINITE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES AND STUDIES
1.1	A Finite Element Model for Strand Cables A. Nawrocki and M. Labrosse	1
1.2	A Novel Formulation of Infinite Elements T.T. Abdel-Fattah, H.A. Hodnod and A.Y. Akl	13
1.3	Characterization of Ground Subsidence of Abandoned Mines Y. Najjar, M. Zaman, J.L. Ahern and J.G. Laguros	23
2	ANALYSIS OF PLATES
2.1	A Sixth Order Accuracy Nine-Point Scheme for the Biharmonic Equation and its Application to the Deflection of Loaded Plates M. Arad, A. Yakhot and G. Ben-Dor	31
2.2	High Order Cost Effective Modeling of Plates on Elastic Foundation M. Arad, A. Yakhot and G. Ben-Dor	39
3	COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES
3.1	Graph Theoretical Methods for Profile Reduction A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta	43
4	NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS
4.1	Static and Dynamic Analysis of Flexible Structures with Snap-Through Behaviour M.A. Millar and M. Barghian	51
4.2	Post-Buckling of Portal Frames - Reduced Number of DOF Models P. Providencia and E. Costa	59
5	MATERIAL MODELLING
5.1	Influence of Various Hypotheses on the Fatigue Life Evaluation of a Cracked Round Bar N. Couroneau and J. Royer	65
5.2	Numerical Experiments to Determine the Influence of Material-Related Parameters on RC Frames Responses A.B. Shuraim	73
6	SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEMS
6.1	Computation of Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes of Arch Dams as an Inverse Problem J. Nasserzare, Y. Lei and S. Eskandari	81
7	GEOTECHNICAL MODELLING
7.1	Implementation of a Kinematic Soil Model into an Implicit Dynamic Algorithm P. Woodward and F. Molenkamp	89
8	OPTIMIZATION AND SENSITIVITY
8.1	Optimization of Frames and Trusses under Natural Frequency Constraints M.S. Hayalioglu and M. Ulker	95
8.2	The Theorems of Structural Variation for Grillage Systems M.P. Saka	101
9	NEURAL NETWORKS AND EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN
9.1	A Neural Network Model for Predicting Cost-Flow for Water Industry Projects A.H. Boussabaine, R. Thoms and T.M.S. Elhag	113
9.2	Structural Design using Multi-Level Evolutionary Strategies H.D. Vekeria and I.C. Parmee	121
9.3	Neural Networks for Hydraulic Analysis of Water Distributions Systems C. Xu, F. Bouchart and I. Goulter	129
9.4	Optimum Spacing Design of Grillage Systems using Genetic Algorithm M.P. Saka, A. Daloglu and F. Malhas	137
10	PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING FOR ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
10.1	Parallel Design Methods for Optimising Lightweight Structures K.L. Chan, D. Kennedy and F.W. Williams	149
10.2	Parallel and Distributed Dynamic Relaxation Form-Finding P. Ivanyi and B.H.V. Topping	157
10.3	Parallel Adaptive Mesh Generation and Geometric Modelling using NURBS B. Cheng and B.H.V. Topping	167

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