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Preliminaries
1. Toward Smart Structures: Novel Wavelet-Chaos-Dynamic Neural Network Models for Vibration Control and Health Monitoring of Highrise Building and Bridge Structures under Extreme Dynamic Loading, H. Adeli and X. Jiang	1
2. Situated Design Computing: Principles, J.S. Gero	25
3. Advanced Object-Oriented Techniques for Coupled Multiphysics, D. Eyheramendy and F. Oudin-Dardun	37
4. The State of the Art in Engineering Collaboration and Data Management, M. Dolenc	61
5. The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Construction, A.P. Chassiakos	79
6. Optimum Design of Steel Frames using Stochastic Search Techniques Based on Natural Phenomena: A Review, M.P. Saka	105
7. Searching for Good Topological Solutions using Evolutionary Algorithms, J.C. Miles, A.S.K. Kwan, K. Wang and Y. Zhang	149
8. Structural Analysis and Optimal Design under Stochastic Uncertainty with Quadratic Cost Functions, K. Marti	173
9. Numerical Limit Analysis: An Engineering Tool for both Ultimate Limit Load Analysis and Optimal Material Layout, L. Damkilde	199
10. Modelling Masonry with Limit Analysis Finite Elements: Review, Applications and New Directions, G. Milani and P.B. Lourenço	217
11. Advanced Control Strategies in Cable Dynamics, V. Gattulli	243
12. Review of Research into Scaffold Structures, R.G. Beale	271
13. Exact Dynamic Stiffness for Frame Buckling under Bi-Axial Moments and Torque, A.Y.T. Leung	301
14. Stress-Strain Experimental Based Modelling of Concrete under High Temperature Conditions, V.A. Salomoni, C.E. Majorana and G.A. Khoury	319
15. Modelling of Microstructural Evolution of Concrete under Work Conditions and in Hardening Process, V. Smilauer and Z. Bittnar	347
16. Analysis and Optimal Design of Multi-layer Structure Subjected to Impulse Loading, A.J. Aref, X. Luo and G.F. Dargush	369
17. On the Seismic Response of Anchored Tanks: Methodologies for Finite Element Analysis and Parametric Studies for Design Codes, R.C. Barros	391
18. Analysis of Cone Penetration Testing on Dilatant Cemented Sand by Bearing Capacity and Cavity Expansion Models, A.J. Puppala, S. Saride, L.R. Hoyos and M.T. Tumay	449
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