Abstract: Limit states steel design was first introduced into Australia late in 1990 with the release of the AS4100 steel structures standard. This represented a significant departure from contemporary design procedures in place at ...

Abstract: The paper presents a theoretical analysis of fixed‐ended composite steel‐concrete beams, representative of members continuous over an internal support. The analysis is elastic, and allows for the variation of sagging and ...

Abstract: Field investigations reveal that railway tracks, pipelines, and pavements are prone to buckling locally as a result of the axial compressive forces caused by thermal loading. These types of structural elements can be ...

Abstract: This paper presents novel analytical solutions to describe the behavior of composite steel–concrete beams with partial interaction at elevated temperatures. The analytical model is derived by means of the principle of ...

Abstract: The paper presents a method of analysis for the short‐term and time‐dependent response of slender, reinforced concrete columns using the age‐adjusted effective modulus method. For the long‐term case, a recommended general ...

Abstract: Bubble functions are finite element shapes that are zero on the boundary of the element, but are nonzero at the other points. They have been hitherto used to augment finite element formulations to obtain rapid convergence. ...

Abstract: Flooring systems containing steel-concrete composite beams are common in steel frame structures and it is widely recognized that their behavior under fire loading is profoundly different to that of simply supported composite ...

Abstract: A series of experiments on profiled composite beams is reported. The experiments include two profiled composite beams and two reinforced concrete beams that were previously tested under sustained service loads. The tests ...