3rd Specialty Conference on
THE CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO STRUCTURAL DESIGN
25
– 26 August 2005
Singapore
Table of Contents
Keynote Papers
Design concepts
oriented to improve the structural behaviour of thin walled precast
prestressed roof elements
F Giussani and F Mola*
Behaviour of
foldable tensegrity structures
A Gupta*, R Panigrahi and S Bhalla
Conceptual design
of light structures
Jörg Schlaich*
Technical Papers
Analysis and
design considerations of underground structure
S Ahmad*, J I Siddiqui and A Ilahi
Conceptual approach
to the design of glass objects from a structural point of view
B Cadeddu, E A Corti*, L Fenu and G Madama
Effectiveness
of linking non moment-resisting frame structures and lateral-resisting
concrete cores with viscous dampers for the mitigation of the seismic effects
C Ceccoli, T Trombetti, S Silvestri*, G Gasparini and A Frascari
Structural design
concept of a surface hydro-power station
G Chauhan*, V Tripathi, B N Asthana and Y Singh
Development of
computational tool for structural investigation of bicycle wheel like roof
structure
K K Choong*, J Y Kim and J W Kang
An initial study
on bridge aesthetics
B Dytoc*, A M Ignacio, J M Malana and G Nalda
The design of
RC bridges with shell of minimal area made of fibre reinforced concrete: an
application to a pedestrian bridge
L Fenu*, G Madama and S Tattoni
Evaluation of
vertical seismic hazard of Tehran
G Ghodrati Amiri*, S A Razavian Amrei and R Motamed
Design procedures
for strengthening old dwelling blocks
F Giussani and F Mola*
An expert system
for optimal selection of large span structural systems
M Golabchi*
Prediction of
shear strength of reinforced concrete beams without web reinforcement
S S Injaganeri* and G Appa Rao
Research on an
energy-saving block & invisible multi-ribbed frame structure
Li Shengcai* and Zeng Zhixing
Seismic design
requirements of reinforced concrete beam-column joints
M A Mahajan*, G Appa Rao and A G Sengupta
Conceptual approach
to structural upgrading of the Edifice Institute Maria Cristina di Savoia
in Bitonto (Bari, Italy)
T M Massarelli*
Conceptual design
of safe room in masonry buildings
M Mazloom* and A A Mehrabian
Preservation
of existing soft-first-story configurations by improving the seismic performance
M Mezzi* and A Parducci
Optimal shape
design of fibers with constant contact tractions
P Prochazka* and M Valek
Structural concepts
of shell with folds- idea from the world of plants
S A Razzack*, K K Choong, T A Majid and J Y Kim
Seismic repairs
and upgradings of Hotel Buildings in Sosua Bay, Dominican Republic
A Ricart-Nouel*
Parallel finite
element stress analysis of FRP composites under low velocity impact using
higher-order flat facet elements
M S Shah*, A P Kumbhar and B B Mahanta
Linking adjacent
shear-type structures with viscous dampers for the mitigation of the seismic
effects
T Trombetti and S Silvestri*
Conceptual design
of tall buildings: creatively integrating architectural structural and construction
requirements
J Webb*, G Fyvie, N Lai and O Martin
Index of Authors
Contents of previous two conferences held in 2001 and 2003
Referenced
by ISBN
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