Publisher's Synopsis
This proceedings contains the papers presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee on Concrete and Masonry Structures (CCMS) Symposium on ""Worldwide Advances in Structural Concrete and Masonry"". The Symposium was held in conjunction with the Structures Congress XIV, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April 15-18, 1996. The proceedings serves as repository of selected advances made during the past decade in research and design pertaining to concrete and masonry structures. The content of the papers addresses wide-ranging issues in structural concrete and masonry, including evaluation, finite element analysis, fracture mechanics, high performance concrete, performance-based design, prestressing, seismic design, shear design, shell structures, and stability analysis.
