TY - SER TI - Journal of Structural Engineering. Vol. 119 No. 4 (1993) PY - 0000///[date of publication not identified] CY - New York : American Society of Civil Engineers. N1 - It contains of Papers, Discussion and Technical Notes, for April 1993 in Vol. 119 No. 4; TECHNICAL PAPERS : Estimation of Damping Ratio of Cable-Stayed Bridges for Seismic Design / Kazuhiko Kawashima, Shigeki Unjoh and Meguru Tunomoto. Lateral Load Distribution in Asymmetrical Tall Building Structures / Alex Coull and A. F. Abdul Wahab. Finite Element Method for Buckling Analysis of Plate Structures / Chee-Kiong Chin, Faris G. A. Al-Bermani and Sritawat Kitipornchai. Reliability-Based Optimization of Series Systems of Parallel Systems / Ib Enevoldsen and John D. Sorensen. Composite Profiled Beams / Deric John Oehlers. Why Direct Tension Test Specimens Break Flexing to the Side / Zdenek P. Bazant and Luigi Cedolin. Approximate Moment-Curvature Relationships for Slender Columns / Anibal A. Manzelli and Issam E. Harik. Prismatic and Non-prismatic Slender Columns and Bridge Piers / Anibal A. Manzelli and I. E. Harik. Stiffness Matrix for Exact Solution of Sandwich Beam and Frame Systems / Kinh H. Ha. Failure Mechanism of New Bond-Type Anchor Bolt Subject to Tension / Yoshiaki Goto, Makoto Obata, Hirofumi Maeno and Yoichi Kobayashi. Seismic Response of Eccentrically Braced Tall Building / Mehmet Celebi. Uni-axial Bending of Columns / A. Najmi and A. Tayem. Applications of Viscoelastic Dampers to High-Rise Buildings / C. S. Tsai and H. H. Lee. Behavior of Two-Span Continuous Bridge under Truck Axle Loading / Jane L. Tiedeman, Pedro Albrecht, and Lloyd R. Cayes. Public Safety-Is It Compromised by New LRFD Design Standards? / Frank J. Heger. Composite Beam-Columns with Interlayer Slip-Exact Analysis / Ulf Arne Girhammar and Vijaya K. A. Gopu. Experimental Study of Timber Trusses and Joints / H. C. Foo. Minimum-Weight Design of Continuous Composite Girders / Mitsuru Ito and Theodore V. Galambos. DISCUSSION : Shaking-Table Study of Base Isolation for Masonry Buildings. T. J. Paulson, D. P. Abrams, and R. L. Mayes / H. B. Day and G. S; Stranaghan. Closure by authors ER -