1st Edition

Advances in Mechanics of Structures and Materials Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Conference (ACMSM17), Queensland, Australia, 12-14 June 2002

Edited By Yew-Chaye Loo, Sam Fragomeni, Sanaul H. Chowdhury Copyright 2002
808 Pages
by CRC Press

808 Pages
by CRC Press

This proceedings volume contains papers on: composite structures and materials; concrete structures; design and construction methodologies optimization and reliability; steel structures; computational mechanics; concrete technology and products; and more.

Preface; ACMSM 17 International Scientific Committee; ACMSM 17 Organising Committee; Invited papers: 1999 Chi Chi Earthquake of Taiwan; Ql Tower -The proposed world's tallest residential building at Surfers Paradise, Australia; Basic mechanics and development of temporary street circuits for Grand Prix car races; The finite layer method in structural- and geo-mechanics; Asian Concrete Model Code - Its role in the region; Composite structures and materials; Computational mechanics; Concrete structures; Concrete technology and products; Design and construction methodologies; Geotechnical engineering and pavement technology; Optimisation and reliability; Stability and special analysis; Steel structures; Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering; Author Index.

Biography

Yew-Chaye Loo, Sanaul H. Chowdhury and Sam Fragomeni School of Engineering, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia.