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