TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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ABSTRACT 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



DATA TO BE FURNISHED TO THE COMPUTER 2 



GENERAL 2 



DATA 2 



Geometry 2 



Areas and Thicknesses 3 



Effectiveness (AK for Nodes, PK for Plates) 3 



Density 5 



Plate Shear Factor (PG) 5 



Mass Items 5 



Other Numbers 5 



Key 6 



Units 6 



COMPARISON BETWEEN COMPUTER AND MANUAL COMPUTATIONS 



FOR SAMPLE PROBLEM 6 



CONCLUSIONS 42 



RECOMMENDATIONS 43 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 43 



APPENDIX A - Aj - METHOD FOR EVALUATING SECTION 



PROPERTIES 44 



A2 - ADDITIONAL THEORY USED IN EVALUATING 



SECTION PROPERTIES 60 



APPENDIX B - DESCRIPTION OF DIGITAL COMPUTER PROGRAM 



AND FLOW CHARTS 82 



APPENDIX C - OPERATION AND RULES OF THE COMPUTER 



PROGRAM 84 



REFERENCES 86 



