Insights and Innovations in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation

Alphose Zingoni is Professor of Structural Engineering and Mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He holds a PhD from Imperial College London, and was a recipient of a fellowship of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 from 1992 to 1994. He has held appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Zimbabwe from 1996 to 1999, and as Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town from 2008 to 2012. His research interests span shell structures, vibration analysis, studies of symmetry in structural mechanics, and group-theoretic formulations. He has written many articles and three books in these areas, and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. He has been chair and editor of the SEMC (Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation) series of conferences since its inauguration in 2001. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers, the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering, and the South African Academy of Engineering.

• Preface, Committees of the SEMC 2016 International Conference, 1. Keynote papers, 2. Dynamic response, vibration analysis, vibration control, 3. Vibration serviceability, human-induced vibrations, 4. Non-linear dynamics, non-linear instabilities, 5. Seismic response, seismic analysis, earthquake-resistant design, 6. Material modelling, multi-scale modelling, composite materials, porous media, 7. Numerical schemes, numerical simulations, FEM formulations, 8. Damage mechanics, damage modelling, fracture, fatigue, 9. Fluid-structure interaction, biomechanics, 10. Wind loading, response of structures to wind, 11. Stability of beams, bars and thin-walled sections, 12. Shells, membranes, plates, sustainable lightweight structures, 13. Laminated structures, composite structures, sandwich structures, 14. Renewable energy structures, structural case studies, design considerations, 15. Cold-formed steel structures, stainless steel structures, aluminium structures, 16. Steel structures, steel-concrete composite construction, 17. Steel joints, steel connections, 18. Reinforced concrete structures, prestressed concrete, 19. High strength concrete, high performance concrete, 20. Structural use of FRP composites, fibre-reinforced concrete, 21. Mechanics of concrete, properties of concrete, 22. Construction materials, construction technology, 23. Glass structures, masonry structures, timber structures, 24. Performance of structures in fire, design for fire resistance, 25. Manufacturing processes, assembly processes, optimization, 26. Structural health monitoring, damage detection, system identification, 27. Structural assessment, failure analysis, repair, strengthening, retrofitting, 28. Soil-structure interaction, foundations, geotechnical engineering, 29. Structural engineering education, Author index