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Preliminaries
1	VISUALISATION AND AESTHETICS
1.1	The Visualisation of Spatial Structures with Computer Techniques P. Huybers	1
1.2	Bridge Aesthetics - Educating Engineers D.R. Morris	15
2	DESIGN LOADING
2.1	Equivalent Vehicle Load Factors for Slab Design of a Parking Garage H.-G. Kwak and J.-Y. Song	23
2.2	Finite Element Analysis of a Cylindrical Silo Shell under Unsymmetrical Pressure Distributions D. Briassoulis	31
2.3	Structural Behaviour of Cooling Towers under Different Wind Loadings A. Mosquera, J.A. Jurado and S. Hernandez	41
3	DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF STEEL STRUCTURES
3.1	Comparative Design Study of Multi-Storey Steel Frames using Both the BS 5950 and AISC-LRFD Codes E. Kameshki	51
4	DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF CONNECTIONS
4.1	Simple Two Dimensional Finite Element Models for the Simulation of the Structural Response of Steel Connections M.I. Kontoleon, E.S. Mistakidis and C.C. Baniotopoulos	61
4.2	Analysis of Moment Resisting Steel Connections under Reversed Cyclic Loading C.G. Deng, O.S. Bursi and R. Zandonini	75
4.3	Numerical Analysis for T-Stub Aluminium Alloy Joints G. De Matteis, A. Mandara and F.M. Mazzolani	91
4.4	On the Finite Element Modelling of RHS Gap K-Joints: Parametric Analysis T. Gavrielides, D. Vyzoviti, E.S. Mistakidis, C.C. Baniotopoulos and K. Thomopoulos	105
4.5	Finite Element Modelling and Experimental Testing of Single Shear Bolted Joints H.M. Ramadan, S.A. Mourad, A.A. Rashed and H. Bode	117
4.6	Finite Element Method for End-Plate Joints in Steel Frames B. Bose, G.K. Youngson and S. Sarkar	125
4.7	Finite Element Modelling of Semi-Rigid Composite Joints M. Kattner and M. Crisinel	135
4.8	Effect of Viscous Damping on Semi-Rigid Khorjinee Steel Framing Connection M. Tehranizadeh	145
5	DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES
5.1	Integrity of Reinforced Concrete Slabs by the Analysis of Response Waveforms H.C. Tan, O.O.R. Famiyesin and M.S. Imbabi	155
5.2	Punching Shear Failure of Flat Slabs: A Comparison Between Finite Element Predictions and Experiments B.T. Lim and P. Bhatt	163
5.3	Direct Design for Bending, Torsion and Shear in Reinforced and Partially Prestressed Concrete Beams P. Bhatt and A. Muzhami	175
5.4	Nonlinear Analysis of Planar Reinforced Concrete Frames L.J. Leu and J.C. Cheng	187
5.5	Bounding Surface of Reinforced Concrete U-Shaped Column Elements Subjected to Cyclic Biaxial Bending with Axial Load M.G. Sfakianakis	197
5.6	Numerical Modelling of Concrete Slab-Column Connections T. O'Flaherty and R.Y. Xiao	205
6	ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
6.1	Failure Analysis of Masonry Arches T. Aoki, A. Miyamura and S. Di Pasquale	213
6.2	Stress History Generation for Truss Bridges using Multi-Level Models K. Kiss and L. Dunai	221
6.3	Analysis and Design of Tunnel Lining for a Cooling Water System I.D. Lefas and V.N. Georgiannou	231
6.4	An Economic Design Approach for Helicoidal Stair Slabs based on Finite Element Analysis A.F.M. Saiful Amin and S. Ahmad	241
6.5	A Novel Snap-Through Buckling Behaviour of Axisymmetric Shallow Shells with Possible Application in Transducer Design N. Akkas and G. Odeh	247
6.6	Buckling of Guyed Towers S.A. Saafan and M.N. Fayed	255
6.7	Finite Element Analysis of a Gable Shell Roof A.I. Mousa	261
6.8	Second Order Analysis of Tall Buildings Considering the Contribution of the Transverse Stiffness of the Slabs H.M.C. Carmo Antunes and C.H. Martins	269
7	SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEMS
7.1	Dynamic Behaviour of Tall Building Soil-Structure Interaction M. Tehranizadeh	281
7.2	A Design Supporting System to Model Soil-Structure Interaction J. Diaz and U. Meissner	289
7.3	Shallow Spherical Shells on Tensionless Elastic Foundations T. Hong and J.G. Teng	295
8	EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
8.1	Seismic Response of Secondary Systems H. Megahed, S. Elzeiny and M. Sobaih	301
8.2	A Damage Model for Seismic Retrofitting of Structures R. Perera, A. Carnicero, E. Alarcon and S. Gomez	309
9	ANALYSIS OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
9.1	The Plastic Buckling of Varying Thickness Circular Cylinders under External Hydrostatic Pressure C.T.F. Ross and A. Gill-Carson	317
9.2	Buckling under External Pressure of Closed Toroids with Circular and Elliptical Cross Sections J. Blachut and O.R. Jaiswal	323
9.3	The Vibration and Instability of Tube-Stiffened Axisymmetric Shells under External Hydrostatic Pressure C.T.F. Ross and J. Etheridge	335
9.4	Numerical Strategies for the Nonlinear Analysis of Tubular Framed Structures for Offshore Oil Exploitation P.F.N. Rodrigues and B.P. Jacob	343
9.5	Effects of Structure Spatial Extent on Frequency Domain Analysis of Offshore Jacket Platforms M. Hartnett and P. Mitchell	351
9.6	Validation of an Efficient Computer Model for Spectral Analysis of Offshore Platforms M. Hartnett and P. Mitchell	359
10	SIMULATION OF DYNAMIC PROBLEMS
10.1	Computer Simulation of Explosion Effects under Concrete Runways J.W. Bull and C.H. Woodford	369
10.2	Appearance of Resonance Vibration on Railway Bridges L. Fryba and J. Naprstek	377
11	DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF GEOTECHNICAL STRUCTURES
11.1	Numerical Modelling of Granular Foundations using Two Different Stress Correction Algorithms P.K. Woodward	383
11.2	Interaction Effects in Laterally Loaded Pile Groups B.M. Lehane and B.A. McCabe	393
11.3	Employment of Infinite Elements in Excavation and Tunneling Problems T.T. Abdel-Fattah, H.A. Hodhod and A.Y. Akl	401
11.4	Interaction of Stabilized Aggregate Base/Subbase with Subgrades K. Pandey, M. Zaman and J.G. Laguros	409
11.5	Circular Plates on Elastic Foundations Modelled with Annular Plates M. Utku, C. Citipitioglu and I. Inceleme	419
11.6	Numerical Simulation for the Effect of Soil Defects on the Superstructure of Multi-Storey Frame Buildings K.M. El Zahaby and T.T. Abdel-Fattah	429
12	COMPUTATIONAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS
12.1	A Modified Large Capacity Frontal Solver for Structural Analysis T.T. Abdel-Fattah, M.T. Abdel-Fattah and H.A. Ibrahim	437
13	PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
13.1	Synthesis based Software Engineering Design for Automotive Industry M. Isreb and A.I. Khan	443
14	CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
14.1	An Algorithm for Determining the Optimal Duration of Large Projects A.P. Chassiakos, C.I. Samaras and D.D. Theodorakopoulos	449
14.2	Application of Extranet in Construction Project Management A.P. Chassiakos and N. Bogonikolos	455

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