Editors:<br> Ulrike Kuhlmann, Universität Stuttgart, Germany<br> Markus Knobloch, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany<br> Wolfgang Kurz, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany<br> Markus Schäfer, Universität Luxembourg, Luxembourg<br> <br> Scientific Committee:<br> Roland Bärtschi, Bärtschi Ingenieure, Switzerland<br> Alain Bureau, Centre Technique De La Construction Metallique (CTICM), France<br> Adrian Ciutina, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania<br> Graham Couchman, Steel Construction Institute (SCI), UK<br> W. Samuel Easterling, Iowa State University, USA<br> Jerome Hajjar, Northeastern University, USA<br> Stephen Hicks, University of Warwick, UK<br> Markus Knobloch, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany<br> Venkatsh Kodur, Michigan State University, USA<br> Ulrike Kuhlmann, University of Stuttgart, Germany<br> Wolfgang Kurz, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany<br> Dennis Lam, University of Bradford, UK<br> Jean-Paul Lebet, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland<br> Roberto Leon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA<br> Matti V. Leskela, University of Oulu, Finland<br> Richard Liew Jat Yuen, National University of Singapore, Singapore<br> Renata Obiala, ArcelorMittal Global R&D, Luxembourg<br> José Oliveira Pedro, Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon, Portugal<br> Gian Andrea Rassati, University of Cincinnati, USA<br> Manuel L. Romero, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain<br> Markus Schäfer, Universität Luxembourg, Luxembourg<br> Brian Uy, University of Sydney, Australia<br> Milan Veljkovic, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands<br> Franti?ek Wald, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republik<br> Rebekka Winkler, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany<br> Ben Young, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China<br>