1981 History :: Technical Sessions

From 1951-1959 the research report programs were supplemented by technical sessions on a particular theme. In 1969 panel discussions were initiated in the early evening at open meetings to which local engineers and engineering students were invited. At the panel discussions well known experts from design practice have presented prepared papers on a subject appropriate to the geographic location of the meeting, with questions directed to the panel members and subsequent open discussion.

Since 1954 the proceedings of the technical sessions and panel discussions have been reproduced and distributed to Council members and are currently available on loan upon request to council headquarters.

The following chronology of Council meetings lists the date, location, and theme of the technical session or panel discussion. Proceedings for the unlisted years are available but consist primarily of miscellaneous research reports by current investigators:

  1. 1951 (New York City) Columns in Frames.
  2. 1952 (New York City) Buckling Strength of Metal Structures. (Bleich's book).
  3. 1953 (New York City) Torsional Instability of Structural Elements.
  4. 1954 (New York City) The Philosophy of Column Design.
  5. 1957 (Bethlehem, Pa.) Lehigh Continuous Frame Project.
  6. 1969 (New York Univ., Bronx) The Structural Engineer Looks at Column Design.
  7. 1970 (Washington University, St. Louis) The Structural Engineer Looks at the Stability Provisions of the 1969 AISC Specifications.
  8. 1971 (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Fire Effects on Structural Stability.
  9. 1972 (Chicago, Il.) Stability Problems of Novel Building Systems.
  10. 1973 (Los Angeles) Frame Stability under Seismic Load.
  11. 1974 (Houston, Tx.) Stability Problems in Offshore Structures.
  12. 1975 (Toronto, Canada) Stability of Structures during Erection.
  13. 1976 (Atlanta, Ga.) New Ideas on Stability of Multistory Buildings.
  14. 1977 (Washington, D.C.) International Colloquium on Stability of Structures under Seismic and Dynamic Loads.
  15. 1978 (Boston, Ma.) Mixed Steel-Concrete Structures.
  16. 1979 (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Panel Discussion: Stability of Space Frame Structures.
  17. 1980 (New York City) Bridge Stability Problems.
  18. 1981 (Chicago) Stability of Tall Buildings.
  19. 1982 (New Orleans) Stability of Offshore Structures.


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