Franklin Y. Cheng is Curator's Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, USA.Fu Zizhi is Professor at Petroleum Design Institute, Liupukang, Beijing, China.

• General papers. Failure analysis and finite elements. Shells and walls. Structural control. Computational strategies for buildings. Nonlinear analysis. Structural optimization. Structural reliability. Supercomputer, CAD and expert system.

Franklin Y. Cheng is Curator's Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, USA.Fu Zizhi is Professor at Petroleum Design Institute, Liupukang, Beijing, China.

• General papers. Failure analysis and finite elements. Shells and walls. Structural control. Computational strategies for buildings. Nonlinear analysis. Structural optimization. Structural reliability. Supercomputer, CAD and expert system.

Franklin Y. Cheng is Curator's Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, USA.Fu Zizhi is Professor at Petroleum Design Institute, Liupukang, Beijing, China.

• General papers. Failure analysis and finite elements. Shells and walls. Structural control. Computational strategies for buildings. Nonlinear analysis. Structural optimization. Structural reliability. Supercomputer, CAD and expert system.