| Preface | |
| Frame Elements | |
| Design Applications for Beams Restrained by Adjacent Members | p. 3 |
| Elastic Local Buckling of I-Section Beams under Shear and Bending | p. 12 |
| Stresses in the Web of an I-Shaped Beam due to an Attached Member | p. 22 |
| On Some Paradoxical Aspects of Ultimate Strength Design Models | p. 32 |
| Girders Composed of Corrugated Metal Sheets | p. 42 |
| Design of Columns in Non-Sway Semi-Rigidly Connected Frames | p. 54 |
| Suggested Modifications to the EC3 Approach for Beam-Column Simplified Design Formulae | p. 64 |
| Lateral-Torsional Buckling Strength of Tapered Beam-Columns under Compression and Unequal End Moments | p. 74 |
| Nonproportionally Loaded Sway Frames with Flexible Connections | p. 78 |
| Use of Simplified Temperature Profiles within Steel Beams in Fire | p. 82 |
| The Presentation and Comparison of Several Constitutive Laws of Steel in Function of Temperature | p. 86 |
| Plate and Box Girders | |
| Behaviour and Design of Transverse Stiffeners of Stiffened Compression Flanges | p. 97 |
| On Ultimate Strength of Horizontally Curved Box Girder Bridges | p. 108 |
| Ultimate Load Behaviour of Steel Plate Girders Subject to (i) Constant and (ii) Repeated Patch Loading | p. 118 |
| Design of Transverse Web Stiffeners in Plate and Box Girder Bridges | p. 128 |
| Nonlinear Behaviour of Longitudinally Stiffened Webs in Combined Patch Loading and Bending | p. 141 |
| Interaction Curve of Ultimate Strength of Steel Plates under In-Plane Combined Loading | p. 151 |
| Design of Plate Girders According to Eurocode 3 | p. 164 |
| The Collapse Behaviour of Web Plates on the Launching Shoe | p. 170 |
| Numerical Simulation of Pre-Critical and Post-Critical Buckling Behaviour of Steel Plated Structures | p. 174 |
| Cold-Formed Steel Sections: The State of the Art in Italy | p. 178 |
| Connection Design | |
| Field Studies of Bolt Pretension | p. 185 |
| Modelling of Beam-to-Column Joints for the Design of Steel Building Frames | p. 196 |
| Hollow Section Column to Open Section Beam Connections: Design Appraisal | p. 206 |
| Reinforced Branch Plate-to-RHS Connections in Tension and Compression | p. 215 |
| The Design of Flush and Extended End-Plate Connections with Backing Plates | p. 225 |
| Experimental Behavior of Encased Steel Square Tubular Column-Base Connections | p. 240 |
| Strength of Multiplanar Tubular Joints with Semi-Flattened Bracing Members | p. 250 |
| Development, Analysis and Experimentation of ATLSS Connections | p. 260 |
| Innovative Connections for Ductile Steel Frames | p. 270 |
| Mechanical Models for Semirigid Connections | p. 276 |
| Restraint Characteristics of Flexible Beam-to-Column Joints | p. 280 |
| Composite Structures | |
| Non-Linear Analysis of Continuous Composite Beams | p. 287 |
| New Composite Beams and Slabs in Finland | p. 297 |
| Composite Floor System Design | p. 307 |
| Slim Floor Construction in the UK | p. 317 |
| Moment Resistance of Composite Connections in Steel and Concrete | p. 331 |
| Structural Analysis of Composite Bridges under Thermal and Mechanical Loads | p. 344 |
| A Finite Beam Element for Layered Structures and its Use when Analysing Steel-Concrete Composite Flexural Members | p. 354 |
| Latest Design Equations, Testing and Criteria of Headed Concrete Anchors in Applications of Composite Construction | p. 359 |
| Dynamics and Fatigue | |
| Design of Steel Beam-to-Box Column Connections for Seismic Load | p. 365 |
| Semi-Rigid Steel Connections under Cyclic Loads | p. 375 |
| Simple Expressions for Predicting Fundamental Natural Periods of High-Rise Buildings | p. 385 |
| Difficulties with Design for Motion Generated Loads | p. 395 |
| Vibration of Low-Frequency Floors: Offices and Shopping Centres | p. 409 |
| The Ultimate Strength of A-Shaped Bridge Towers under Cyclic Loading | p. 419 |
| New Knowledge on the Fatigue Behaviour of Steel Structures and Especially on Hollow Section Structures under Different Load Spectra | p. 429 |
| Estimating Weldment Life under Variable Loads | p. 446 |
| Hysteretic Behavior of Frames with Three Different Column-Bases | p. 455 |
| Influence of Strength and Stiffness on the Natural Frequency of Unbraced Steel Frames | p. 459 |
| Fatigue Tests of Cross-Beam Connections in Plate Girder Highway Bridges | p. 466 |
| Fatigue Behaviour of Constructions Made of High-Strength Steels | p. 470 |
| Seismic Design | |
| A New Approach to the Seismic Design of Steel Structures | p. 491 |
| Behaviour of Steel Frames with Semi-Rigid Connections under Earthquake Loading | p. 501 |
| Response of a Braced Steel Frame to Seismic Actions: Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification | p. 509 |
| Seismic Behaviour of Low-Rise Steel Buildings | p. 519 |
| Steel Triangular Plate Energy Absorber for Earthquake-Resistant Buildings | p. 529 |
| Buildings | |
| Economic Design and the Importance of Standardised Connections | p. 541 |
| QST Shapes, a New Generation of Rolled Sections for Economical Steel Construction | p. 551 |
| Stainless Steel in Structural Applications | p. 562 |
| The Use of Steel in Refurbishment | p. 573 |
| Design Aspects of Steel Buildings with 'No Rail' Bridge Cranes | p. 583 |
| On the Development of a Computer Simulator for Tests of Steel Structures | p. 593 |
| In-Plane Stability Investigations for Practical Pitched-Roof Steel Frames: Are They Really Necessary? | p. 612 |
| Structural Tube Sections in Clean Design of Manufacturing Facilities | p. 616 |
| Design of Frames According to Eurocode 3 | p. 620 |
| The Experimental Testing of Full Scale, Multi-Storey, Three-Dimensional Non-Sway Frames | p. 625 |
| Damage Analysis of Steel Building Frames | p. 629 |
| A Computer Aided Detailing Program for High Rise Steel Buildings | p. 633 |
| Special Structures | |
| Development of a Space Frame Consisting of Cold Formed Sections | p. 639 |
| On Repair of Fatigue Affected Bridges | p. 649 |
| Residual Fatigue Life of Old Railway Bridges | p. 659 |
| Bridge Decks Constructed Using Welded Steel Grid | p. 679 |
| Grout injection: A Means for Strengthening Damaged Offshore Platforms | p. 685 |
| The Ultimate Strength and Stiffness of Uniplanar Tubular Steel X-Joints Loaded by In-Plane Bending | p. 694 |
| Ductile Cross Sections for Bridge Piers | p. 707 |
| Parametric Study for the Optimum Design of Guyed Towers | p. 711 |
| Contribution of Limit Analysis to Design of Cylindrical Shells | p. 715 |
| Developments in the Storage of Dangerous Gases and Liquids in Large Capacity Tanks | p. 719 |
| Double Skin Composite Construction for Submerged Tube Tunnels | p. 730 |
| Research on Crane Booms with the Lightest Weight | p. 734 |
| Regional Developments | |
| Eurocode 3 - Presentation and Calibration | p. 741 |
| Current and Future Trends in Structural Steel Design in the Caribbean | p. 750 |
| Development of Steel Construction in Brazil | p. 759 |
| ESDEP - a Major Initiative in Steel Education | p. 769 |
| Late Submission | |
| The Design of Tall Building Frames - the Cellular Approach | p. 773 |
| Index of Contributors | p. 785 |
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