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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
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Proceedings of
The Second International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures
15-17 December 1999, Hong Kong, China
Volume I
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ADVANCES IN
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Proceedings of
The Second International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures
15-17 December 1999, Hong Kong, China
Volume I
Edited by
SLChan and JGTeng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sponsored by
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
1999
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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.
S.L. Chan
J.G. Teng
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INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
COMMITTEE
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,
The Ohio State University
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The University of Sydney
Delft University of Technology
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University of Cambridge
Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology

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France

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J.A. Packer,
S. Pellegrino,
E.P. Popov,
J. Rhodes,
J.M. Rotter,
H. Schmidt,
G. Sedlacek,
S.Z. Shen,
Z.Y. Shen,
T.T. Soong,
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N.S. Trahair,
T. Usami,
A. Wada,

F. Wald,
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University of Cambridge
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Universitat Essen
RWTH Aachen
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and Architecture
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Washington University, St Louis
University of Sydney
Nagoya University
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Czech Technical University
Technical University of Zielona Gora
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Wales
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and Architecture

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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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