1st Edition

Incorporating Sustainable Practice in Mechanics and Structures of Materials

Edited By Sam Fragomeni, Srikanth Venkatesan Copyright 2011

    Incorporating Sustainable Practice in Mechanics of Structures and Materials is a collection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM21, Victoria, University, Melbourne, Australia, 7th � 10th of December 2010). The contributions from academics, researchers and practisin

    Preface 1. Keynote Papers (Stresses and deformations in reinforced concrete beams and slabs at service loads, R.I. Gilbert; Commercialisation of fibre composites in Australia’s civil engineering market, G.M. Van Erp; Design of steel-concrete composite structures with ultra-high strength and lightweight concrete, J.Y.R. Liew, K.M.A. Sohel & D.X. Xiong; Melbourne rectangular stadium, P. Bowtell; Innovative structural design using evolutionary topology optimisation techniques, Y.M. Xie, X. Huang, Z.H. Zuo, J.W. Tang, B. Zhao & P. Felicetti) 2. Composite structures 3. Computational mechanics 4. Concrete structures 5. Dynamic analysis of structures 6. Earthquake and wind engineering 7. Fibre composites 8. Fire engineering 9. Geomechanics and foundation engineering 10. Masonry structures 11. Mechanics of materials 12. Shock and impact loading13. Steel and aluminum structures 14. Structural health monitoring 15. Structural optimisation 16. Sustainable materials 17. Timber engineering

    Biography

    Sam Fragomeni, Srikanth Venkatesan