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Preliminaries Volume 7
Preliminaries Volume 8
1	ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
1.1	The Aesthetics of Non-Conventional Structures A. Holgate	1
1.2	Inside Outward Structures or How to Arrive at High Tech M. Eekhout	11
1.3	The Gaia Building System (GBS) P. Schmidt	21
2	PROFESSIONAL AND CONTRACTUAL ISSUES
2.1	Contractual Arrangements for Unconventional Structures R.H. Webster	31
3	STEEL STRUCTURES
3.1	Solar Power Plants with Metal Membrane Concentrators J. Schlaich and R. Ebnz	35
3.2	Cable Stayed Roofs for Shooting Centres at Nantes and Epone P.R. Rice, J.A. Thornton and E.A.R. Lenczner	41
3.3	Toward the Design Limit of Steel Silos M.J. Blacker and J.G.M. Wood	49
3.4	Steel Plate Shear Wall Designs R.G. Troy and R.M. Richard	55
3.5	The Bioclimatic Facades of the French National Museum of Science Technology and Industry at La Villette, Paris H. Bardsley and P. Rice	61
3.6	Steel Framed Hyperbolic Paraboloid Structures J.E. Gibson	65
3.7	Composite Columns of Concentric Steel Tubes H. Shakir-Khalil and S. Illouli	73
4	CONCRETE STRUCTURES
4.1	The Design and Construction of a Precast Hangar Structure G.C. Guiliani	83
4.2	Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures in Saline Environments J. de Brito and F.A. Branco	91
4.3	Prefabricated Elements in a Hydropower Station K.B. Davies and L.F. Hijna	99
5	TIMBER STRUCTURES
5.1	A School for Woodland Industry - A Study in the Engineering Use of Green Roundwood Timber E. Happold M. Dickson and I. Sutherland	107
5.2	Wire Binding Technique for Building Structures of Roundwood P. Huybers	115
5.3	New Structural Possibilities in Composite Structures of Timber, Steel and Plastics O. Vanggaard	121
5.4	Formfinding and Determination of Working Drawings for a Health Spa in Bad Durrheim (West Germany) L. Grundig	125
6	SPACE STRUCTURES: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
6.1	Space Frame Versus Conventional Environments: Comparison through Analogies R.G. Satterwhite	133
6.2	Polyhedra in Architecture J.F. Gabriel	139
7	SPACE AND GRID STRUCTURES
7.1	Overall Buckling of Spacedomes M. Kashani and J.G.A. Cross	149
7.2	Steel Roof Structure: Double Layered Space Grid of Lentoid Shape J. Dohnal, F. Hoder and R. Russ	157
8	SHELL AND PLATE STRUCTURES
8.1	Thin Shell Structures using Inflated Forms and Techniques P.J. Vittore	161
8.2	Response of Echinodomes to Asymmetric Loading R. Royles, J.M. Llambias and K.M. El-Deeb	167
8.3	The Analyses of Liquid Storage Tank H. Yih and G. Renjum	185
8.4	Finite Element Analysis of Hyperbolic Paraboloid Shells A.B. Sabir and H.F.S. El-Erris	195
8.5	Geometrically and Materially Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Shell Structures A.J. Kent and E. Hinton	205
8.6	Finite Element and Physical Modelling of a Triangularly Folded Plate Structure M. Nkansah and G. Singh	213
9	LATTICE SHELL STRUCTURES
9.1	Inverted Lattice Shell Roof, Tsim Sha Tsui Cultural Centre, Hong Kong: Design T.A. Ealey, P. Kelly and D.S. Wakefield	223
9.2	Inverted Lattice Shell Roof, Tsim Sha Tsui Cultural Centre, Hong Kong: Construction J. Morrison and M.J. Cook	233
9.3	Plate-Domes T. Wester	241
10	LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES
10.1	Recent Lightweight Structures in Australia V.F.J. Sedlak	251
10.2	Braced Tensile Structures - Some Standard and Non-Standard Solutions H.J. Schock	263
10.3	Design Methods using Physical Experients as Analog Computers - Some Examples Illustrating the Work of the Institute for Lightweight Structures, using Self Organizing Physical Processes to Define the Optimum Shape of the Natural Structures S. Gast	269
10.4	About the Prinzip Leichtbau - Comments on Theoretical Principles of Lightweight Structures Related to Objects in Nature, Structural Efficiency and a Philosophical Perspective J.H. Hennicke	277
11	LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES: WIND LOADING
11.1	Wind Effects on Light-Weight Non-Conventional Structures: Barrel Vaults N. Toy and B. Tahouri	283
11.2	Wind and Internal Air Modelling in Pneumatic Structures T.L. Krakowska and M.R. Barnes	293
12	MEMBRANE STRUCTURES
12.1	Some Recent Membrane Structures J. Schlaich, R. Bergermann, J. Seifel and W. Sobek	305
12.2	Strategies for Formfinding and Design of Cutting Patterns for Large Sensitive Membrane Structures K. Linkwitz, L. Grundig, J. Bahndorf, M. Neureither and D. Strobel	315
12.3	A Covered City in the Arctic W.I. Liddell	323
12.4	Form-Finding and Analysis of Prestressed Nets and Membranes M.R. Barnes	327
12.5	Generalized Theory for Shape Determination of Membrane Structures - On the Analytical Method for the Process from an Initially Unstable State to a Finally Stable State N. Araka	339
12.6	An Analysis of a Tent-Roof with Cable Contour R. Oras	349
12.7	Fabric Dams for the Rhein Main Donau Canal W.I. Liddell	355
13	CABLE STRUCTURES
13.1	Load Relieving Roof Systems C. Melbourne and P. Bullman	1
13.2	Rational Design and Simplified Analysis Method for Transversely Stiffened Single Curvature Cable-Suspended Roofs T. Ji and T.T. Lan	7
13.3	The Action of Panels and Other Roof Elements on the Work of Saddle-Shape Suspended Cable Structures K.P. Oiger	17
13.4	A Comparative Stude of Numerical Methods for the Solution of Pretensioned Cable Networks W.J. Lewis	27
14	TENSEGRITY SYSTEMS
14.1	Preliminary Investigation of Double-Layer Tensegrities A. Hanaor	35
14.2	Tensegrity Systems for Double-Layer Space Structures R. Motro	43
14.3	Metallic Integrally Tensioned (Tensegrity) Cupola M. Nestorovic	53
15	CABLE STAYED BRIDGES
15.1	Dynamic Characteristics and Seismic Behaviour of Cable Stayed Bridges A.A. Dumanoglu, M. Garevski and R.T. Severn	59
15.2	A Contribution to the Suspension Bridge Inclined Hangar Debate M.A. Millar and M.A. Al-Khalili	67
16	COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
16.1	Practical Numerical Modelling of Complex Structures D.S. Wakefield	75
16.2	Large Deflection Geometrically Nonlinear Behaviour of Laterally Loaded Segmental Plates A.B. Sabir and H.G.V. Avanessian	81
16.3	Fuzzy Random Seismic Responses of a Prestressed Dual-Cable Roof Structure H. Guo and L. Zhang	91
16.4	Dynamic Response and Modelling of Flexible Risers A. Soltanahmadi and M.R. Barnes	97
16.5	Configuration of Non Conventional Structures by Finite Element Method S. Rajasekaran, M.G. Rajendran, V. Srinavasa Rao and N. Sathyamurthy	107
16.6	Shape Optimization of Space Trusses M.P. Saka and B. Attili	115
16.7	An Equivalent Damping Factor for Earthquake Response Analysis of Cooling Towers from Soil-Structure Interaction View Points T. Sohri, Y. Mukaiyama, S. Kato and P.L. Gould	123
17	STADIUM AND GRANDSTAND DESIGN
17.1	New Designs for Stadium Roofs H. Berger	133
17.2	Static and Dynamic Considerations for Demountable Grandstands J.F. Dickie and G.R. Tomlinson	139
17.3	Retractable Roof Structures T.J. MacGinlay and T.C. Ang	147
18	FOLDING STRUCTURES
18.1	Curved Expandable Space Grids F. Escrig and J.P. Valcarcel	157
19	STRUCTURES DESIGNED TO SPECIAL CRITERIA
19.1	Military Floating Bridges P.S. Bulson	167
19.2	Composite Construction for Resisting External Pressure C.D. Goode	173
19.3	Aseismic Code Design Provisions for Torsion in Asymmetric Buildings A.M. Chandler	179
19.4	Reducing the Mass and Volume of Self-Expanding Stayed Columns for Use in Space A.K. Jemah and F.W. Williams	189
20	THE USE OF MATERIALS
20.1	The Use of Lead as a Cisco-Elastic Structural Material J.R. Riddington and M. Bolourchi	199
20.2	Lightweight Concrete Made with Sludge Ash J-H. Tay and W-K. Yip	205
20.3	Fracture Toughness of OPC/microsilica Concrete B.B. Sabir, M. Asili and S.D. Summerhayes	215
21	SPECIAL TECHNIQUES FOR MAINTENANCE, RENOVATION AND REPAIR
21.1	Raising and Moving Buildings J. Pryke	223
21.2	The Structural Behaviour of Egg-Shaped Sewer Linings with Special Emphasis on their Current Problems and Research S. Arnaout and M.N. Pavlovic	231
21.3	A New Arch Construction Technique C. Melbourne	239
21.4	The Current and Potential Use of Ferrocement as a Structural Repair Material I. Vickridge and P. Nedwell	247
21.5	Investigation and Repair of Grand Gulf Cooling Tower, Mississippi P.L. Gould and O.C. Guedelhoefer	255

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