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Preliminaries
1	STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
1.1	Nonlinear Structure Reduction by Group Theory A.Y.T. Leung, C.K. Wong and J.K.W. Chan	1
1.2	Cycle Bases of Graphs for Sparse Flexibility Matrices A. Kaveh and G.R. Roosta	7
2	FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS
2.1	A Different Approach to Boundary Modelling for Neumann Condition on a Curved Boundary at Arbitrary Irregular Grids M. Arad, G. Ben-Dor and A. Yakhot	13
2.2	Torsion of Cracked Rings A.Y.T. Leung, J.D. Hu and J.K.W. Chan	21
3	ANALYSIS OF SKELETAL STRUCTURES
3.1	Damage Assessment of Beam Structures C. Bolcan, M.R. Gecit and N. Akkas	27
3.2	Distortion in Mechanics of Elastic-Plastic Frames J. Atkociunas, A. Norkus and L. Rimkus	37
3.3	Stability Analysis of Three-Dimensional Gabled Frames Y.-C. Wang and C. Wei	43
3.4	Continuum Modelling of Beamlike Lattice Trusses B. Burgardt and P. Cartraud	51
4	ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF PLATE AND SHELL STRUCTURES
4.1	Full Range Response of Circular Steel Plates Subjected to Combined Transverse Pressure and Edge Compression G.J. Turvey and H. Drinali	61
4.2	A New Finite Strip Method with Hellinger-Reissner Principle for Plate Bending G.F. Sun and J. Liu	69
5	GEOMETRIC NON LINEAR PROBLEMS
5.1	On the Geometric Stiffness Matrix in Corotational Space Frame Elements T. Sokol	77
5.2	Characteristics of Cable Deformation on Cable-Stayed and Suspension Bridges Y.-C. Leu and Y.-C. Wang	91
5.3	Geometrically Exact Analysis of Initially Curved Rods P.M. Pimenta	99
5.4	Non-Linear Dynamic Analysis on the Snap-through of 2D-Frames J.L. Meek and Q. Xue	109
6	STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
6.1	The Application of the Semi-Continuum Method of Analysis to Determine Distribution Coefficients for Longitudinal Bending Moments in Simply Supported Bridge Decks under the Action of Traffic Loads to EC1 M.J. Ryall	115
7	ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES
7.1	Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Plate Structures by Finite Strip Method D.D. Milasinovic, R.J. Folic and D.I. Kovacevic	121
7.2	Influence of Earthquake Characteristics to Nonlinear Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Structures A. Elenas, A. Liolios and L. Vasiliadis	133
7.3	Increasing of Numerical Efficiency in Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beam Elements M. Sekulovic, D. Milasinovic and D. Kovacevic	139
7.4	A Study of Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures by Direct Integration Method E. Vasseva	151
8	ANALYSIS OF STEEL STRUCTURES
8.1	Analysis of Steel Frames with Semi-Rigid Column-Base Connections J. Balogh and M. Ivanyi	159
8.2	Computational Analysis of Large-Amplitude Settlement and Shell Ovalization of Oil Tanks M.A. Haroun, Y. Wang and M. Martinez	165
8.3	Numerical Modelling of Column-Base Connections L. Dunai, S. Adany, F. Wald and Z. Sokol	171
8.4	The Analysis and the 3D Finite Element Simulation of Steel Bolted End-Plate Connections B.N. Nemati and D. Le Houedec	179
9	MATERIAL MODELLING
9.1	A Step-by-Step Computation Method to Account for Time-Dependent Effects in Building Structures B. Jurkiewiez, J.-F. Destrebecq and A. Vergne	189
10	STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY
10.1	Application of Fuzzy Sets in Structural Reliability J. Niczyj	199
10.2	Reliability as a Measure of Active Control Effectiveness P. Venini and C. Mariani	205
11	DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES
11.1	A Study on the Crack Detection using Eigenfrequency Test Data Y.-S. Lee and M.-J. Chung	211
11.2	A Vibration and Stress Analysis of Stiffened Box Structures Y.-S. Lee, J.-D. Han, Y.-H. Han and J. Suh	225
11.3	A Simplified Method for Modal Analysis of Bridges M. Kallo	233
11.4	Dynamics of Rods: Numerical Formulation A.D. Campos and F.A. Rochinha	239
11.5	Finite Element Modelling of Static, Transient - Dynamic, Elastic, Inelastic Analysis K. Natarajan, N. Rajagopalan, A. Rajaraman and R. Radhakrishnan	247
11.6	Spectral Analysis of an Offshore Tower M. Hartnett	253
11.7	Numerical Evaluation of Hydrodynamic Loadings on Fixed Offshore Structures M. Hartnett and T. Mullarkey	263
12	SEISMIC DESIGN OF STRUCTURES
12.1	Seismic Response Amplification of Submerged Secondary Systems in Base-Isolated Structures T.-M. Shin and K.-J. Kim	269
13	THE USE OF FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR PRACTICE
13.1	Finite Element Models for the Analysis of Steel and Concrete in Construction M. Guo and C.K. Jolly	283
13.2	Finite Element Analysis of a Rotating Shaft-Disk System N. Lobontiu	295
13.3	Effect of Subgrade Cavities on the Failure of RC Slabs A.A. Khatlan, M.A. Baig and N.A. Al-Shayea	301
14	ANALYSIS OF CABLE STRUCTURES
14.1	Nonlinear Dynamic Stability Analysis of Cable Structures Q.-L. Zhang and U. Peil	307

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