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.