Structural Stability and Dynamics Proceedings of the Second International Conference Singap;Ore 16-18 December 2002

ICSSD 2002 is the second in the series of International Conferences on Structural Stability and Dynamics, which provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences in structural stability and dynamics among academics, engineers, scientists and applied mathematicians. Held in the modern and vibrant city of Singapore, ICSSD 2002 provides a peep at the areas which experts on structural stability and dynamics will be occupied with in the near future. From the technical sessions, it is evident that well-known structural stability and dynamic theories and the computational tools have evolved to an even more advanced stage. Many delegates from divers lands have contributed to the ICSSD 2002 proceedings, along with the participation of colleagues from the First Asian Workshop on Meshfree Methods and the International Workshop on Meshfree Methods and the International Workshop on Meshfree Methods and the International Workshop on Recent Advances in Experiments and Computations on Modeling of Heterogeneous Systems. Forming a valuable source for future reference, the proceedings contain 153 papers--including 3 keynote papers and 23 invited papers--contributed by authors from all over the world who are working in advanced multidisciplinary areas of research in engineering. All these papers are peer-reviewed, with excellent quality, and cover the topics of structural stability, structural dynamics, computational methods, wave propagation, nonlinear analysis, failure analysis, inverse problems, non-destructive evaluation, smart materials and structures, vibration control and seismic responses. The major features of the book are summarized as follows: as total of 153 papers are included withmany of them presenting fresh ideas and new areas of research; all papers have been peer-Wang, C. M. is the author of 'Structural Stability and Dynamics Proceedings of the Second International Conference Singap;Ore 16-18 December 2002', published 2003 under ISBN 9789812382542 and ISBN 9812382542.