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ADVANCES IN STEEL STRUCTURES Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures 15-17 December 1999, Hong Kong, China Volume I... ADVANCES IN STEEL STR

ADVANCES IN STEEL STRUCTURES

Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures

15-17 December 1999, Hong Kong, China

Volume I

ADVANCES IN STEEL STRUCTURES

Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures

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A D V A N C E S IN STEEL S T R U C T U R E S

Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures

15-17 December 1999, Hong Kong, China

Volume I

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S L C h a n and J G T e n g The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

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Preface

These two volumes of proceedings contain 9 invited keynote papers and 126

contributed papers presented at the Second International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures held on 15-17 December 1999 in Hong Kong The conference was a sequel to the International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures held in Hong Kong in December 1996

The conference provided a forum for discussion and dissemination by researchers and designers of recent advances in the analysis, behaviour, design and construction

of steel structures The papers presented at the conference cover a wide spectrum of topics and were contributed from over 15 countries around the world They report the current state-of-the-art and point to future directions of structural steel research The organization of a conference of this magnitude would not have been possible without the support and contributions of many individuals and organizations The strong support from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Professor M Anson, Dean of the FaTculty of Construction and Land Use, and Professor J.M Ko, Head

of the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, has been pivotal in the organization of this conference We also wish to express our gratitude to the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers for sponsoring the conference and the Local Advisory Committee for mobilizing support froTm the construction industry and government departments

Thanks are due to all the contributors for their careful preparation of the

manuscripts and all the keynote speakers for their special support Reviews of papers were carried out by members of the International Scientific Committee and the Local Organizing Committee To all the reviewers, we are most grateful

We would also like to thank all those involved in the day-to-day running of the organization work, including members of the Local Organizing Committee and secretarial staff in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Finally, we gratefully acknowledge our pleasant cooperation with Dr J Milne and Mrs R Davies at Elsevier Science Ltd in the UK

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H Adeli,

H Akiyama,

M Anson,

P Ansourian,

J Arbocz,

R Bjorhovde,

M.A Bradford,

R.Q Bridge,

C.R Calladine,

S.F Chen,

W.F Chen,

Y.K Cheung,

C.K Choi,

M Chryssanthopoulos,

A Combescure,

S.L Dong,

P.J Dowling,

M Farshad,

Y Fukumoto,

Y Goto,

P.L Gould,

R Greiner,

P Grundy,

G.J Hancock,

J.E Harding,

K.M Hsiao,

J.F Jullien,

S Kato,

S Kitpornchai,

V Krupka,

T.T Lan,

S.F Li,

R Liew,

Xila Liu,

Xiliang Liu,

L.W Lu,

Z.T Lu,

E Lui,

P Marek,

S Morino,

D.A Nethercot,

G.W Owens,

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LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Chairman:

Members:

A.S Beard

F.S.Y Bong

A.K.C Chan

H.C Chan

Y.L Choi

W.K Fung

M Harman

I Kimura

M.H.C Kwong

C.K Lau

S.H Ng

W Tang

H Wu

J.M Ko The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Ltd

Maunsell Consultants Asia Ltd

Ove Amp and Partners (HK) Ltd

The University of Hong Kong Buildings Department, HKSAR Government Architectural Services Department, HKSAR Government British Steel (Asia) Ltd

Nippon Steel Corporation Scott Wilson (Hong Kong) Ltd

Highways Department, HKSAR Government Hong Kong Housing Society

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation

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