Abstract: The purpose of this Mini-Symposium is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent developments and future trends in the field of stability and nonlinear behavior of thin-walled structures, mainly those manufactured from steel or composite (FRP) materials, with special emphasis on Civil, Mechanical and Ocean Engineering applications. The organizers of the Mini-Symposium welcome contributions dealing with analytical, numerical and experimental work, as well as research efforts aimed at developing novel methods/guidelines intended to improve codes and specifications for the design of thin-walled structures. Among others, the following areas and topics will be covered by this Mini-Symposium:

(i) Members (columns, beams, beam-columns, panels)
(ii) Structural systems (frames, trusses, towers, bridges, arches, tubular structures)
(iii) Hot-rolled, cold-formed, stainless-steel structures
(iv) Composite fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) structural members
(v) Stability, vibration, strength and structural design
(vi) Static and dynamic structural performance
(vii) Methods of nonlinear structural analysis
(viii) Progress in structural design provisions
(ix) Experimental analysis of thin-walled structures.
(x) Thin-walled structures under fire loading.