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LIST OF CONTENTS
NUMBER 1
D. Basu and K. K. Ghosh Experimental validation of a generalized _ shell
formulation by mixed finite element approach
G. H. Siddiqi and Optimal retrofitting of rigid frames
Y. A. Al-Salloum
Y. A. Al-Salloum Is a frame built-up of individual load optimums really
and G. H. Siddiqi optimum and safe?
F. T. K. Au and Y. K. Cheung lsoparametric spline finite strip for plane structures
A. Bose and K. S. Surana p-Version piecewise hierarchical axisymmetric shell
element for heat conduction in laminated composites
J. P. Kalfon and O. Rand Nonlinear analysis of composite thin-walled heli-
copter blades
A. K. Mohammed and Finite element modelling of deep beams
S. T. Gomaa
C. H. Sun, M. A. Bradford Nonlinear analysis for concrete frame structures using
and R. |. Gilbert the finite element method
S. Singh Stresses and deformation of a long hydrodynamic
journal bearing
M. Ap. Tzaferopoulos On an efficient new numerical method for the
frictional contact problem of structures with convex
energy density
Liu Yong and Zhang Qi Yue Automatic grid generation for two-dimensional visco-
plastic boundary element methods by the transfinite
mapping method
C. S. Krishnamoorthy and Adaptive mesh refinement for two-dimensional finite
K. Rajeshirke Umesh element stress analysis
Chorng-Fuh Liu and A new finite element formulation for interlaminar
Horng-Shian Jou stress analysis
F. F. thlenburg Plate bending analysis with variational finite difference
methods on general grid
J. Blachut Externally pressurized filament wound domes—scope
for optimization
T.-P. Chang Statistical analysis of a circular plate on a random
Winkler foundation
B. A. Crouch Finite element modeling of the three-point bend
impact test
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Contents
Technical Note
A. S. Oddy and J. A. Goldak Kinematic work-hardening plasticity and multiplica-
tive decomposition in large deformation § shear
problems
Announcements
Workshop on Dynamic Response of Composite
Structures
Call for papers: The Third International Conference on
the Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and
Structural Engineering
Call for papers: The Fifth International Conference on
Civil and Structural Engineering Computing
Call for papers: The Second International Conference
on Computational Structures Technology
NUMBER 2
C. K. Choi and |. H. Choi An expert system for selecting types of bridges
I. Hunék On a penalty formulation for contact-impact problems
K. Ramanjaneyulu, Collapse loads of reinforced concrete cylindrical water
S. Gopalakrishnan and tanks using limit analysis approach
T. V. S. R. Appa Rao
J. P. Dwivedi, V. P. Singh Effect of fluid presence on the non-axisymmetric
and P. C. Upadhyay dynamic response of imperfectly bonded buried
orthotropic pipelines due to incident shear wave
Chongbin Zhao and Effect of raft flexibility and soil media on the dynamic
S. Valliappan response of a framed structure
T. L. Wang, M. Shahawy Probabilistic fatigue life analysis of highway steel
and D. Z. Huang bridges
D. P. Thambiratnam A simple finite element analysis of hyperboloidal shell
structures
K . Wisniewski and Hierarchical multi-layered element of assembled
B . A. Schrefler Timoshenko beams
K. Chandrashekhara and Theoretical and experimental investigation of framed
S. Joseph Antony structure—layered soil interaction problems
N . M. El Chazly Static and dynamic analysis of wind turbine blades
using the finite element method
Wang Yuanhan SIF calculation of an internal crack problem under
anti-plane shear
Contents Vv
Y. P. Yang and Y. C. Chu Variable-order stochastic adaptive control of robotic
manipulators with a flexible forearm
T. K. Paul and Finite element evaluation of stress concentration fac-
Koganti M. Rao tor of thick laminated plates under transverse loading
C. J. Younis and 319 Iterative lateral analysis of eccentrically loaded
D. E. Panayotounakos building frames
M.M. Hamed and Garbage collection data structure and its application
M.A. Ajiz to incomplete Jacobi transformations
Technical Notes
G. Chandrasekharappa 341 Nonlinear response of an aircraft to pulse excitation
V. Baburaj and 347 STIPSY—a program for stiffened plate synthesis
V. Kalyanaraman
A. Kaveh 357 A_ graph-theoretical approach to _ configuration
processing
Announcement
365 Call for papers: The Second International Conference
on Computational Structures Technology
Software Survey Section
NUMBER 3
. D. Lee and Z. Geng A dynamic model of a flexible Stewart platform
J. D. Lee 375 Optimal control of a flexible parallel link robotic
manipulator
H. Du, D. Hitchings and 387 An aeroelasticity beam model for flexible multibody
G. A. O. Davies systems under large deflections
A. Carpinteri, S. Valente, 397 \s mode II fracture energy a real material property?
G. Ferrara and G. Melchiorri
H. Murakami, 415 A nonlocal elastic damage theory: mesh-insensitivity
D. M. Kendall under strain softening
and K. C. Valanis
Chih-Chao Chang 423 Quasi-Newtonian methods for the solution of
hierarchical finite element equations
L.-C. Chuang and H. Adeli 433 Design-independent CAD window system using
the object-oriented paradigm and HP X _ widget
environment
Y. J. Lee, H. J. Lin and 441 The dynamic buckling strength of spherical caps
Y. J. Liou
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V. Soamidas and Stresses in laminated composite annular disks
N. Ganesan subjected to a concentrated transverse edge load
J. Vrbka and L. HoluSa FEM modelling of the elastic-plastic stress and strain
of an axisymmetrical compound vessel with a
component made of sintered carbide
D. Shaw, Y. L. Shen and Dynamic buckling of an imperfect composite circular
Pu Tsai cylindrical shell
X. Wang, C. W. Bert and Differential quadrature analysis of deflection,
A. G. Striz buckling, and free vibration of beams and rectangular
plates
Le-Chung Shiau A finite element procedure for inelastic dynamic
analysis of cylindrical structures
B. F. Song, Y. S. Feng, The reliability analysis of a stiffened frame structure
Y. Wang and B. Ling under static load
S. K. Choudhary and Effective stress-based finite element error estimation
I. R. Grosse for composite bodies
Yong Cang Zhang Rigidity reliability analysis of structural systems
G. Greschik, D. W. White, On the correlation of analyses and tests of the inelastic
W. McGuire and J. F. Abel flexural behavior of wide-flange steel beams
J. Plesek Numerical analysis of a notched inelastic specimen
and comparison with experimental results
Technical Notes
Chai Gin Boay Free vibration of rectangular isotropic plates with and
without a concentrated mass
Byung-wan Jo The structural effects of lean concrete sub-bases on
concrete highway pavements
V. Ramamurti, P. Kankipati Stress analysis of cement mills
and B. Veeraraghavan
F. W. Williams Review of exact buckling and frequency calculations
with optional multi-level substructuring
Announcement
Call for papers: The Second International Conference
on Computational Structures Technology
Software Survey Section
NUMBER 4
Y. Tsui and Y. M. Cheng A simple and fast post-processor for finite element
analysis
Contents Vii
Dynamic response of space structures under random
excitation
Dynamic finite element analysis of a beam on random
foundation
Contact problems with friction in machine design
. J. Deeks and D. H. Clyde Efficient solution of piecewise-linear structures
. A. Aggour and An axisymmetric cubic finite element for laminated
. E. Miller composite cylinders with shear
. K. H. Kwan Local deformations and rotational degrees of freedom
at beam-wall joints
. S. Melerski Computer-based perturbation techniques in proba-
bilistic analysis of circular rafts
. W. Kwon and P. K. Fox Underwater shock response of a cylinder subjected to
a side-on explosion
Y. Liu, W. D. Pilkey, Direct integration of the integral equations of the
H. Antes and V. Rubenchik beam torsion problem
Shirish Mulmule and Application of a multi-director displacement field
A. K. Rath approach for sandwich shell structure analysis
J. S. Lamancusa Numerical optimization techniques for structural-
acoustic design of rectangular panels
J. Hadian and A. H. Nayfeh Free vibration and buckling of shear-deformable
cross-ply laminated plates using the state-space
concept
Sung-Kie Youn and An accurate higher-order Taylor—Galerkin method for
Sang-Gu Han structural dynamics
A. Y. T. Leung Non-conservative dynamic stiffness analysis. of
thin-walled structures
. Yasui Improved mode superposition reanalysis method
. S. Tsai and H. H. Lee Seismic mitigation of bridges by using viscoelastic
dampers
. Mohamed Nabi and Vibration and damping analysis of layered isotropic
. Ganesan twisted blades
. Subramanian, Elastic stability of varying thickness plates using the
. Elangovan and finite element method
. Rajkumar
Technical Notes
S. J. Nalluveettil Finite element modelling and analysis of a straight
and G. Muthuveerappan bevel gear tooth
Contents
A reliability-based safety factor for aircraft composite
structures
Numerical integration in affine space to compute
structural system reliability
Announcement
Call for papers: The Second International Conference
on Computational Structures Technology
Software Survey Section
NUMBER 5
F. Pourroy and Vibration of beams on visco-elastic foundations using
Ph. Trompette an explicit time integration scheme
M.A. Khaleel and Safety evaluation of existing partially prestressed
R. Y. Itani concrete girder bridges
Y. Zhao and L. R. Dharani The effects of thermal residual stress on a
unidirectional composite with damage
S. Mohamed Nabi Stress analysis of a composite centrifugal fan impeller
and N. Ganesan using the cyclic symmetric approach
O. A. Olukoko, A. A. Becker Independent meshing of contacting surfaces using
and R. T. Fenner fictitious nodes in boundary element analysis
G. H. Tan, V. Thevendran, Design of reinforced concrete cylindrical water tanks
N. C. Das Gupta and for minimum material cost
D. P. Thambiratnam
B . Skallerud Yield surface formulations for eccentrically loaded
planar bolted or welded connections
. K. Kim and T. G. Lee Failure behavior of reinforced concrete frames by the
combined layered and nonlayered method
. B. Budkowska and Sensitivity analysis of piles undergoing torsion
. Szymczak
. Rajagopalan Point estimation technique for the reliability analysis
of ship structures
. Sengupta Direct computation of moment, shear and reaction in
flat plates using a triangular element free from locking
T. Krauthammer, Analysis of impulsively loaded reinforced concrete
A. Assadi-Lamouki structural elements—|. Theory
and H. M. Shanaa
T. Krauthammer, Analysis of impulsively loaded reinforced concrete
A. Assadi-Lamouki structural elements—ll. Implementation
and H. M. Shanaa
Contents ix
A. Poceski, G. Kokalanov 873 A direct approach for the development of plane
and D. Manéevski elements
G. K. Singh and D. Yadav 885 Application of approximation concepts to the aug-
mented Lagrangian method for the minimum weight
design of a wing box element
Ss . Kramer, D. Kohli and 893 Kineto-elastodynamic design and analysis of a tennis
A . K. Dhingra stroke trainer
K. S. Srivatsa, 907 Buckling of laminated plates containing delamin-
B . R. Vidyashankar, ations
A . V. Krishna Murty and
K. Vijaykumar
M. Sunar and S. S. Rao 913 Simultaneous passive and active control design of
structures using multiobjective optimization strategies
A. G. Hernried and 925 A finite element approach for determining the
Wei-Ming Bian frequencies and dynamic response of _ twisted,
nonuniform rotating blades with small or no precone
. G. Canisius and 935 A Mindlin finite strip analysis of structures with
Foschi localized loads
943 Structural dynamic modification with damped beam
elements
Technical Notes
M. Cruvellier and 951 A planar model for the static and dynamic analysis of
B. Stafford Smith asymmetric building structures
I. U. Haq and S. R. Soni 957 A composite turbine blade optimization for maximum
strength
H. H. Vaziri and X. Wang 961 Theoretical solutions for the problem of a cylindrical
cavity expansion in a Mohr—Coulomb material
Announcement
Call for papers: The Second International Conference
on Computational Structures Technology
Software Survey Section
NUMBER 6
E. G. Ladopoulos Singular integral operators method for anisotropic
elastic stress analysis
A. Elhami, G. Lallement, 975 Methods that combine finite group theory with com-
P. Minotti and S. Cogan ponent mode synthesis in the analysis of repetitive
structures
J. Heitzer and M. Feucht 983 Buckling and postbuckling of thin elliptical
anisotropic plates
X Contents
C. W. S. To and M. L. Liu Recursive expressions for time dependent means and
mean square responses of a multi-degree-of-freedom
non-linear system
L. Berke, S. N. Patnaik Optimum design of aerospace structural components
and P. L. N. Murthy using neural networks
D. J. Dawe, S. S. E. Lam Finite strip post-local-buckling analysis of composite
and Z. G. Azizian prismatic plate structures
I. Y. Kim and B. M. Kwak Shape design sensitivity analysis and optimization of
general shape arches
A. V. Avdelas, Numerical treatment of the sea bed—long underwater
C. C. Baniotopoulos and cable dynamic interaction problem by an _ upper
P. D. Panagiotopoulos bounding algorithm
. Chen and K. S. Surana Piecewise hierarchical p-version axisymmetric solid
element for laminated composites
A. Joseph Stanley and Comparison of shell theories in the analysis of
N. Ganesan cylindrical shells with discontinuity in the thickness
K. Yamazaki, J. Sakamoto An efficient shape optimization technique of a two-
and M. Kitano dimensional body based on the boundary element
method
T. C. Yang and C. H. Tseng Integrating and automating analysis and optimization
H. Kobayashi and On the application of a limiting process to the
G. J. Turvey dynamic relaxation analysis of circular membranes,
circular plates and spherical shells
Hui-shen Shen and Post-buckling analysis of laminated stiffeners
F. W. Williams
J. Jonsson, S. Krenk and A hybrid displacement plate element for bending and
L. Damkilde stability analysis
H.-Y. Lai, B. Fallahi, Dynamic characterization of thin-walled laminated
R. Gupta and S. Bo channel beams with warping
Technical Notes
H. Il. Epstein and Finite element studies of bolt stagger effects in tension
F. S. Gulia members
K. H. Low, T. M. Lim and Experimental and analytical investigations of vibration
G. B. Chai frequencies for centre-loaded beams
G. Aksu Vibration of Mindlin plates symmetrically column-
supported at four points
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