Qing Quan Liang is an associate professor of structural engineering at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his Ph.D from Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, and ME from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He has published more than 84 technical books, book chapters, special issues, journal articles, and refereed conference papers, and is a member of the editorial board of Steel and Composite Structures: An International Journal. An ASCE member, he served on the ASCE Technical Committees on Optimal Structural Design and on Composite Construction and received the ASCE 2005 State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award.

"Thoroughly covers local buckling of thin steel plates."—Theodore Karavasilis, associate professor, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK"This book covers the traditional teaching materials on steel and composite structures. The accounts on the use of Australian standards, in particular, over the wind actions are thoroughly assessed. This book provides a solid foundation for those who exercise Australian standards in their daily works."—Dr. Tak-Ming Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China and University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

• Introduction. Design Actions. Local Buckling of Thin Steel Plates. Steel Members Under Bending. Steel Members Under Axial Load and Bending. Steel Connections. Plastic Analysis of Steel Beams and Frames. Composite Slabs. Composite Beams. Composite Columns. Composite Connections.

Qing Quan Liang is an associate professor of structural engineering at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his Ph.D from Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, and ME from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He has published more than 84 technical books, book chapters, special issues, journal articles, and refereed conference papers, and is a member of the editorial board of Steel and Composite Structures: An International Journal. An ASCE member, he served on the ASCE Technical Committees on Optimal Structural Design and on Composite Construction and received the ASCE 2005 State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award.

"Thoroughly covers local buckling of thin steel plates."—Theodore Karavasilis, associate professor, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK"This book covers the traditional teaching materials on steel and composite structures. The accounts on the use of Australian standards, in particular, over the wind actions are thoroughly assessed. This book provides a solid foundation for those who exercise Australian standards in their daily works."—Dr. Tak-Ming Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China and University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

• Introduction. Design Actions. Local Buckling of Thin Steel Plates. Steel Members Under Bending. Steel Members Under Axial Load and Bending. Steel Connections. Plastic Analysis of Steel Beams and Frames. Composite Slabs. Composite Beams. Composite Columns. Composite Connections.

Qing Quan Liang is an associate professor of structural engineering at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his Ph.D from Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, and ME from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He has published more than 84 technical books, book chapters, special issues, journal articles, and refereed conference papers, and is a member of the editorial board of Steel and Composite Structures: An International Journal. An ASCE member, he served on the ASCE Technical Committees on Optimal Structural Design and on Composite Construction and received the ASCE 2005 State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award.

"Thoroughly covers local buckling of thin steel plates."—Theodore Karavasilis, associate professor, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK"This book covers the traditional teaching materials on steel and composite structures. The accounts on the use of Australian standards, in particular, over the wind actions are thoroughly assessed. This book provides a solid foundation for those who exercise Australian standards in their daily works."—Dr. Tak-Ming Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China and University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

• Introduction. Design Actions. Local Buckling of Thin Steel Plates. Steel Members Under Bending. Steel Members Under Axial Load and Bending. Steel Connections. Plastic Analysis of Steel Beams and Frames. Composite Slabs. Composite Beams. Composite Columns. Composite Connections.