Ultimate limit state design of steel-plated structures

Preface. About the Authors. How to Use This Book. Principles of Limit State Design. Buckling and Ultimate Strength Behavior of Plate-Stiffener Combinations: Beams, Columns and Beam-Columns. Elastic and Inelastic Buckling of Plates under Complex Circumstances. Post-Buckling and Ultimate Strength Behavior of Plates. Elastic and Inelastic Buckling of Stiffened Panels and Grillages. Post-buckling and Ultimate Strength Behavior of Stiffened Panels and Grillages. Ultimate Strength of Plate Assemblies: Plate Girders, Box Columns/Girders and Corrugated Panels. Ultimate Strength of Ship Hulls. Impact Mechanics and Structural Design for Accidents. Fracture Mechanics and Ultimate Strength of Cracked Structures. A Semi-analytical Method for the Elastic-Plastic Large-deflection Analysis of Plates under Combined Loading. The Nonlinear Finite Element Method. The Idealized Structural Unit Method.  Appendices. Index.