Innovations in Structural Design: Strength, Stability, Reliability
A Symposium Honoring Theodore V. Galambos
Jun 6-7, 1997

This 246 page hard cover book contains 20 papers presented during the Symposium and is edited by Jerome F. Hajjar of the University of Minnesota and Roberto T. Leon at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  The books' topics cover state-of-the-art investigations evaluating the strength of existing and new structural steels, analytical and experimental research on the stability of steel members, frames and their connections, and reliability studies relating to structural components and systems

(ISBN 1-879749-63-7)
MEMBERS $50.00
NON-MEMBERS $55.00
Order Now!

Contents

Foreword: Jerome F. Hajjar and Roberto T. Leon

Theodore V. Galambos - A Lifetime of Bridging Theory and Practice

Selected Publications

Ted Galambos: The Lehigh Years
Lynn S. Beedle

Contributions to Steel Design Standards
Nestor R. Iwankiw

LRFD: Implementing Structural Reliability in Professional Practice
Bruce R. Ellingwood

Structural Stability: From Theory to Pratice
W.F. Chen

Educational Innovation for Mitigating Structural Disaster
Hitoshi Kuwamura, Jun Iyama, and Koji Matsui

New Constructional Steels and Structural Stability II
Yuhshi Fukumoto

Experimental Verification of "k"-Area Steel Properties After Cracking Observed
R.H.R. Tide

Cyclic Elastoplastic Analysis of Steel Members and Frames
Tsutomo Usami, Shengbin Gao, and Hanbin Ge

Distortional Buckling of Single Web Steel Members
G.J. Hancock and N.S. Trahair

Inelastic Incremental Analysis of an Industrial Pratt Truss
D.J. Laurie Kennedy, Charles Albert, and Robert A. MacCrimmon

Stability of Steel Frmaes: The Cases for Simple Elastic and Rigorous Inelastic Analysis/Design Procedures
Donald W. White and Jerome F. Hajjar

Some Key Criteria for Semi-Rigid Frame Design
John E. Christopher and Reidar Bjorhovde

Full-Scale Tests of Steel Frames With Semi-Rigid Connections
Miklos Ivanyi

Animated Control for Structural Vibration Reducation
George C. Lee

Probability Based Deterministic Procedures for Evaluation of Critical Facilities
M.K. Ravindra

Reliability Analysis of Prestressed Bulb-Tee Bridge Beams and Cantilever Retaining Walls
Karen C. Chou, Andrew D. Fisher, and Matthew Mauldon

Curved Steel Bridges: Experimental and Analytical Studies
A. Zureick, R.T. Leon, J. Burrell, and D. Linzelli

Nonlinear Analysis of 3-D Seismic Interaction of Soil-Pile-Structure Systems and its Application
Y.X. Cai, P.L. Gould, and C.S. Desai

Modeling Techniques for Bifurcation and Collapse Analysis of Ring-Stiffened Cylinders: A Comparative Study
Srinivasan Sridharan

A Curious History of Bridges
M.G. Lay