Progress in Structural Engineering: Proceedings of an international workshop on progress and advances in structural engineering and mechanics, University of Brescia, Italy, September 1991

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Front Matter....Pages xxxv-xxxv
Restrained Imposed Deformations Versus Loads....Pages 1-6
Reinforced Concrete Building Design—The State of the Current Limits....Pages 7-30
Review of Coarse Softening Analysis of Framed Concrete Structures....Pages 31-50
Moment Redistribution in Reinforced Concrete Structures....Pages 51-70
Elastic Rational Analysis and Tests of Unbraced Concrete Frames....Pages 71-83
On Shear Failure of R/C Thin-Webbed Beams Limit and Evolutive Analyses : A Close Contest....Pages 85-100
Loading on Concrete Structures during Construction....Pages 101-128
Comparison of Fixed and Rotating Crack Models in Shear Design of Slender Concrete Beams....Pages 129-138
“Clean” Physical Model of Cracked Reinforced Concrete Plane Element....Pages 139-146
Abstract from the Supporting Document of Eurocode 2 on non linear analysis....Pages 147-151
Experimental Research of Reinforced Concrete Columns Behavior under the Long-Term Eccentric Normal Force....Pages 153-169
Modelling Impact Loading of Reinforced Concrete Structures....Pages 171-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Tendon Stress in Unbonded Partially Prestressed Concrete Beams....Pages 185-198
On the Choice of Prestressing Percentage in PPC Elements....Pages 199-216
Stress at Ultimate in Unbonded Prestressing Tendons by Strain Compatibility....Pages 217-227
Stresses and End Cracks in Anchorage Zones of Post-Tensioned Prestressed Concrete Beams....Pages 229-256
Fatigue Resistance of Post-Tensioned Cables in Partial Prestressing....Pages 257-264
Aseismic Prestressed Concrete Structures with Confined Concrete....Pages 265-275
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Procedural and Declarative Aspects of Optimum Structural Design....Pages 279-291
Two Notes on Structural Optimization....Pages 293-300
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Reliability-Based Structural Optimization Research at the University of Colorado: A Brief Retrospective 1983–1991....Pages 301-322
Design Optimization of Civil Engineering Structures: A Retrospective....Pages 323-338
Approximations for Structural Optimization....Pages 339-352
Optimal Plastic Design of Imperfect Frame Structures....Pages 353-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Consistent Finite Element Models for Elastic Plastic Kirchhoff Plates....Pages 373-378
Variational Formulations of the Linear Viscoelastic Problem with General Viscous Kernels....Pages 379-395
Application of Strain Energy in the Characterization of Non-Linear Polymeric Materials....Pages 397-406
Incremental Elastic-Ziegler Kinematic Hardening Plasticity Formulations and an Algorithm for the Numerical Integration with an “A Priori” Error Control....Pages 407-421
Large Plastic Deformation of Short Tubes and Rings....Pages 423-435
Mathematical Expressions of Non-Linear Behaviors in Structural Mechanics....Pages 437-442
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
The Degree of Restraint—a useful concept for practical stability analysis. (Columns, frames, bars on elastic foundations, shells.)....Pages 445-458
Expert Systems in design of Structures: An application to Bridges....Pages 459-480
Reliability of Flexibly-Connected Steel Frames in Sway....Pages 481-491
Safety Level Selection Using Social Indicators....Pages 493-508
Static behavior of a bearing brick wall leaning on localized supports: a case study concerning the consolidation project of the S. Faustino Convent in Brescia....Pages 509-523
The Mesh Description for Structural Analysis by Mathematical Programming....Pages 525-540
Partial Reliability Factors for Material Properties....Pages 541-546
The Influence of the Basic Parameters on the Load Bearing Behaviour of Cable Stayed Bridges....Pages 547-566
Back Matter....Pages 567-573