| Preface | |
| List of Contributors | |
| General report | p. 3 |
| A one-dimensional beam model for coupled instabilities | p. 11 |
| Application of catastrophe theory to imperfection-sensitivity analysis | p. 19 |
| Localization in compression sandwich structures: a discussion of theoretical formulations and physical experimentation | p. 27 |
| The estimation of critical loads according to the distribution of the solution in the basis of eigenvectors | p. 35 |
| A variational approach for design sensitivity analysis of nonlinear structural stability | p. 43 |
| Development of the constitutive operator from the euler-problem to localization | p. 51 |
| General report | p. 61 |
| Analytical and numerical solutions for distortional instabilities of thin-walled beams under bending moment | p. 73 |
| Use of numerical methods for practical analyses of structural elements | p. 81 |
| Capturing localization of local buckling in interactive buckling scenarios | p. 89 |
| Coupling between local and overall bucking using beam elements | p. 97 |
| Flexion-torsion coupling in thin-walled beams under eccentric loads | p. 105 |
| Practical buckling capacity curve for coupled instabilities of plates | p. 113 |
| Probabilistion aspects in the interactive global and local buckling of thin-walled columns | p. 121 |
| General report | p. 131 |
| Effect of regular holes arrays on the stability and on the crippling of columns for modular metallic shelves | p. 145 |
| Coupling in the bifurcation of locally buckled fixed-ended columns | p. 153 |
| Overall bifurcation of locally buckled point-symmetric columns | p. 163 |
| Global and local instabilities of tubular pole structures with intermediate stiffeners subject of combined loads | p. 171 |
| Influence of local and sectional geometrical imperfections on the local/distortional and interactive buckling modes of cold-formed members | p. 179 |
| Shift of effective centroid of centrally loaded thin-walled I-sections | p. 189 |
| Intermediately-stiffened compression flanges | p. 197 |
| Coupled instability related collapse behaviour of chanel-section beam-column | p. 205 |
| Local post-buckling behaviour of cold-formed steel rack columns | p. 213 |
| General report | p. 225 |
| Compression strength of aluminium columns - experimental and numerical studies | p. 241 |
| Experimental work and FEM-calculations on the interaction of local buckling modes in aluminium sections | p. 249 |
| Interaction of buckling and cumulative damage in breathing webs | p. 257 |
| Lateral torsional buckling of chanel shaped beams: experimental research | p. 265 |
| Experimental analysis of cold-formed steel "S" compressed members | p. 273 |
| Experimental study on buckling strength of tri-tube steel members | p. 283 |
| General report | p. 293 |
| Design of uniformly compressed stiffened plates: a review of Eurocode 3-1-5 | p. 305 |
| Effect of imperfections on behavior of discretely stiffened steel plates | p. 315 |
| A new concept for plate buckling design of crane runway girders | p. 323 |
| Interaction of different phenomena in the behaviour of box girders | p. 331 |
| Plate buckling under patch loads | p. 341 |
| Resistance of slender web panels to combinations of in-plane loading | p. 349 |
| Steel box girder support diaphragms stiffened by L-shaped ribs | p. 357 |
| Ultimate load of plates under simultaneous bending and shear | p. 365 |
| Design resistance of undulating webs under patch loading | p. 371 |
| Coupled instabilities of tapered cantilevers with a T-shaped cross-section | p. 379 |
| General report | p. 391 |
| Buckling of steel shells subjected to non-uniform axial pressure loading | p. 403 |
| Buckling behaviour of closed and open top cylindrical shells subjected to meridional edge deformation | p. 411 |
| Coupled instability of guyed masts | p. 419 |
| Buckling of thin cylindrical shells under lateral pressure: Influence of localised thickness variation | p. 427 |
| General report | p. 437 |
| Coupled second-order analysis of frameworks | p. 451 |
| Interaction phenomena in the cold-formed frame corner behaviour | p. 459 |
| Influence of the imperfections on the load carrying capacity of half-through bridges | p. 467 |
| Coupled global instabilities in pitched-roof frames | p. 475 |
| General report | p. 489 |
| Vibration of imperfect slender web loaded by shear | p. 499 |
| Continuum modelling of a shearing deformable truss plate undergoing thickness variation | p. 507 |
| Dynamic propagation of local instability for single layer reticulated domes | p. 515 |
| Measures to stop the dynamic propagation of local buckling for single layer reticulated domes | p. 523 |
| Non-linear oscillations and instabilities of axially loaded cylindrical shells | p. 529 |
| Simulation of the dynamic behavior of steel structures under impact loading | p. 537 |
| General report | p. 549 |
| A study on influence of shear stress on plate coupled instability and plastic deformation capacity of H-shaped steel beams | p. 563 |
| Effect of steel material on the ultimate behaviour of plate girders | p. 571 |
| Global bending and/or local buckling: towards a better characterization of the crushing behaviour of cylindrical shells | p. 579 |
| Parameters of random critical strength of plastic hinges of thin-walled bars | p. 587 |
| Post-critical behaviour of thin-walled beams. DUCTROT-TWM computer program | p. 595 |
| Mode interaction in non-linear models for steel structural joints | p. 605 |
| Interaction between local and overall stability of aluminum plated structures | p. 615 |
| General report | p. 625 |
| Discrete optimization of shallow trusses with stability constraints | p. 635 |
| Evolution of optimum trapezoidal sheeting profile based on Eurocode, using finite strip method and genetic algorithm | p. 643 |
| Optimal design of path-dependent nonlinear structures with critical and postritics behaviour | p. 651 |
| General report | p. 661 |
| A possible model for the design of beam-columns | p. 673 |
| Classification of beams with box sections | p. 681 |
| Comparison of two design criterion formulae to calculate the resistance of class 4 cross-sections | p. 689 |
| A proposal for beam-column interaction formulae | p. 697 |
| New effective widths of three-sided supported steel plates and the influence on coupled instabilities of members in bending and compression | p. 705 |
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