CONTENT
Preface VII
Organising committee IX
Biographical note on Prof, J.M. Rotter XI
Structures, stability, silos and granular solids: a personal adventure 1
J.M. Rotter
Bulk solids flow and loading
Modelling granular materials: discontinuum - continuum 21
DM. Wood
Scaling up solids handling processes and equipment: limits of theory and scale modeling 41
J.W. Carson, T.J. Troxel & K.E. Bengtson
From silo phenomena to load models 49
J. Nielsen
Experience with funnel flow 59
M. Kaldenhoff
Shock loads in an iron ore train loading bin 67
A.W.Roberts
Studies of buried pipe behavior 77
I.D. Moore
Progressive pressure measurements beneath a granular pile with and without base deflection 87
J.Y. Ooi, J. Ai. Z. Zhong, J.F. Chen & J.M. Rotter
Silos and shell structures
Design of silos for flow and strength - the various contributors must communicate 95
P. Arnold
Developments in the design of rectangular planform silos 103
C.J. Brown
Recent silo codes - and still structural failure? 113
P. Knoedel
Some unresolved problems in the design of steel cylindrical silos 123
F. Ayuga
A case history of the failure of some silos during discharge 135
J.B. Burland
Investigation of laser-beam welding induced distortions in thin sheets of Al 6056T4 145
J.F. Jullien, A. Combescure & M. Zain-ul-abdein
Local dimpling of the shell surface of a tank due to shrinkage effects 153
J.M.F.C. Hols!
Seismic response of tanks in view of shell theory 159
R. Greiner & M. Kettler
Buckling of thin-walled pressurized cylinders under bending load 169
A. Limam, C. Mathon, A. Combescure & J.F. Jullien
Fibre reinforced polymer composites to increase the buckling strength of imperfect cylindrical shells 177
M. Batikha, J.F. Chen & J.M. Rotter
Effect of geometric nonlinearity of locally supported cylinders 183
C. Doerich
Local buckling and deformation capacity of tubes in steel structures 199
A.M. Gresnigt & S.A. Karamanos
Indirect straining of shallow axisymmetric domes: analysis and behaviour 219
M.A. Bradford, E. Named & R.I. Gilbert
Vibrational frequencies of a Guastavino spiral staircase shell 231
P. Mandal & C.R. Calladlne
Mechanics oj materials and structures
A new approach to teaching and learning structural analysis 247
S. Kitipornchai, H. F. Lam & T. Reichl
Total bond-slip and friction-dilatancy membrane model for R/C structures 259
T.G. Harmon & M. So
Experimental investigation of concrete under multiaxial extension: loading path dependent stress-strain behaviour 275
M. Petkovski & P. Waldron
Numerical modelling of heated structures: nature, requirements and benchmarks 285
M. Gillie
Deflection of semi-rigidly connected beams 293
B. Ahmed, T.Q. Li & D.A. Nethercot
Sensitivity study of a historic bridge - Goole swing bridge 305
M. Cai & DM. Merrett
Mechanics of debonding in FRP-plated RC beams 313
J.G. Teng & J.F. Chen
Author index 327