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Ghandi, E., Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2012. On the bi-planar motion of a Timoshenko beam with shear resistant in-fill. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 57 (1) , pp. 1-8. 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2011.12.011

Howson, William Paul and Rafezy, Behzad 2011. Natural frequencies of axial-torsional coupled motion in springs and composite bars. Journal of Sound and Vibration 330 (15) , pp. 3636-3644. 10.1016/j.jsv.2011.02.023

Watson, A. and Howson, William Paul 2011. Computation of lower bound eigenvalues using the Wittrick-Williams algorithm. Presented at: Eighth International Symposium on Vibrations of Continuous Systems, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, 17-22 July 2011.

Shirmohammadzade, A., Rafezy, B and Howson, William Paul 2011. Exact dynamic stiffness matrix for a thin-walled beam-column of doubly asymmetric cross-section. Structural Engineering and Mechanics 38 (2) , pp. 195-210.

Zhang, Y. W., Lin, J. H., Zhao, Y., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2010. Symplectic random vibration analysis of a vehicle moving on an infinitely long periodic track. Journal of Sound and Vibration 329 (21) , pp. 4440-4454. 10.1016/j.jsv.2010.05.004

Ghandi, E., Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2010. Coupled flexural-torsional exact dynamic stiffness matrix for an azially loaded thin-walled beam of doubly asymmetric cross section filled with shear sensitive material. Presented at: Proceedings of the International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute, Los Angeles, USA,

Howson, William Paul and Watson, A. 2010. Theory and compact program for the Sturm-Liouville problem on homogeneous trees. Presented at: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology (CST2010), Valencia, Spain,

Zhao, Y., Zhang, Y. H., Lin, J. H., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2010. Analysis of stationary random responses for non-parametric probabilistic systems. Shock and Vibration 17 (3) , pp. 305-315. 10.3233/SAV-2010-0513

Zhang, Z. C., Lin, J. H., Zhang, Y. H., Zhao, Y., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2010. Non-stationary random vibration analysis for train-bridge systems subjected to horizontal earthquakes. Engineering Structures 32 (11) , pp. 3571-3582. 10.1016/j.engstruct.2010.08.001

Zhang, Z. C., Lin, J. H., Zhang, Y. H., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2010. Non-stationary random vibration analysis of three dimensional train-bridge systems. Vehicle System Dynamics, International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility 48 (4) , pp. 457-480.

Zhang, Z. C., Lin, J. H., Zhang, Y., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2010. Non-stationary random vibration analysis of coupled vehicle-bridge systems. Engineering Computations 27 (6) , pp. 712-732. 10.1108/02644401011062108

Rafezy, Behzad and Howson, William Paul 2009. Coupled lateral-torsional frequencies of asymmetric, three-dimensional structures comprising shear-well and core assemblies with stepwise variable cross-section. Engineering Structures 31 (8) , pp. 1903-1915. 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.01.024

Gao, Q., Lin, J. H., Zhong, W. X., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2009. Isotropic layered soil-structure interaction caused by stationary random excitations. International Journal of Solids and Structures 46 (3-4) , pp. 455-463. 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.08.026

Ashrafi, Y., Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2009. Effect of reduced web beam section on the stiffness of moment frames. Presented at: World Congress on Engineering, London, UK, 1-3 July 2009. World Congress on Engineering 2009. Newswood Ltd., International Association of Engineers.,

Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2009. A new and practical approach for calculating the static eccentricity of doubly asymmetric, non-proportional, multi-storey buildings. Presented at: World Congress on Engineering : WCE 2009, London, UK, 1-3 July 2009. World Congress on Engineering: WCE 2009 : 1-3 July, 2009, Imperial College London, London, U.K. Homg Kong: International Association of Engineers,

Moeini, M., Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2008. Investigation into the floor diaphragm flexibility in rectangular reinforced concrete buildings and error formula. Presented at: 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China,

Gao, Q, Lin, J.H., Zhong, W.X., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederick Ward 2008. Propagation of partially coherent non-stationary random waves in a viscoelastic layered half-space. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 28 (4) , pp. 305-320. 10.1016/j.soildyn.2007.06.003

Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2008. Vibration analysis of doubly asymmetric, three-dimensional structures comprising wall and frame assemblies with variable cross-section. Journal of Sound and Vibration 318 (1-2) , pp. 247-266. 10.1016/j.jsv.2008.04.018

Howson, William Paul and Rafezy, B 2007. Exact dynamic stiffness matrix for a thin-walled beam of doubly asymmetric cross-section filled with shear sensitive material. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 69 (13) , pp. 2758-2779. 10.1002/nme.1864

Rafezy, B., Zare, A. and Howson, William Paul 2007. Coupled lateral-torsional vibration of proportional asymmetric, three dimensional frame structures. International Journal of Solids and Structures 44 (1) , pp. 128-144. 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.04.019

Williams, Frederic Ward, Watson, A., Howson, William Paul and Jones, A. J. 2007. Exact solutions for Sturm-Liouville problems on trees via novel substitute systems and the Wittrick-Williams algorithm. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 463 (2088) , pp. 3195-3224. 10.1098/rspa.2007.1905

Song, G., Lin, J., Zhao, Y., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2007. Robust H ∞ control for aseismic structures with uncertainties in model parameters. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration 6 (4) , pp. 409-416. 10.1007/s11803-007-0782-7

Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2007. An overview of locating shear centres of irregular buildings. Presented at: 3rd National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tabriz, Iran, (2250A)

Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2006. Exact natural frequencies of a three-dimensional shear -torsion beam with doubly asymmetric cross-section using a two-dimensional approach. Journal of Sound and Vibration 295 (3-5) , pp. 1044-1059. 10.1016/j.jsv.2006.02.007

Howson, William Paul 2006. Global analysis - back to the future. Structural Engineer 84 (3) , pp. 18-21.

Gao, Q., Howson, William Paul, Watson, A. and Lin, J. H. 2006. Propagation of non-uniformly modulated evolutionary random waves in a stratified viscoelastic solid. Structural Engineering and Mechanics 24 (2) , pp. 213-225.

Gao, Q., Lin, J. H., Zhong, W. X., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2006. A precise numerical method for Rayleigh waves in a stratified half space. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 67 (6) , pp. 771-786. 10.1002/nme.1644

Gao, Q., Lin, J. H., Zhong, W. X., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2006. Random wave propagation in a viscoelastic layered half space. International Journal of Solids and Structures 43 (21) , pp. 6453-6471. 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2005.11.007

Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2006. Exact dynamic stiffness matrix of a three-dimensional shear beam with doubly asymmetric cross-section. Journal of Sound and Vibration 289 (4-5) , pp. 938-951. 10.1016/j.jsv.2005.02.046

Howson, William Paul and Zare, A 2005. Exact dynamic stiffness matrix for flexural vibration of three-layered sandwich beams. Journal of Sound and Vibration 282 (3-5) , pp. 753-767. 10.1016/j.jsv.2004.03.045

Watson, A. and Howson, William Paul 2005. Natural frequencies of spring supported Timoshenko beam-columns with linear taper. Presented at: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES'05), Chennai, India,

Howson, William Paul, Gao, Q and Zhong, W X 2004. A precise method for solving wave propagation problems in layered anisotropic media. Wave Motion 40 (3) , pp. 191-207. 10.1016/j.wavemoti.2003.09.002

Williams, Frederick Ward, Howson, William Paul and Watson, Andrew 2004. Application of the Wittrick-Williams algorithm to the Sturm-Liouville problem on homogenous trees: a structural mechanics analogy. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 460 (2045) , pp. 1243-1268. 10.1098/rspa.2003.1195

Howson, William Paul 2004. Exact static stiffness matrix for a deep beam embedded in an elastic medium. Presented at: Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES'04), Madeira, Portugal, p. 6.

Williams, Frederic Ward, Djoudi, M. S., Howson, William Paul, Kennedy, David

, Watson, A., Yuan, S. and Zhong, W. X. 2004. Recent transcendental eigensolution advances in structural engineering and other disciplines. Presented at: Proceedings of 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics in conjunction with the 2nd Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, pp. 734-739.

Watson, A. and Howson, William Paul 2004. Buckling of spring supported tapered columns allowing for shear deformation. Presented at: Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES'04), Madeira, Portugal, p. 6.

Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2004. Coupled vibration of two and three-dimensional shear beams. Presented at: The 12th Iranian Researchers Seminar in Europe( IRSE) Seminar, Manchester, UK,

Zhu, J. F., Zhang, G., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2003. Reference surface element modelling of composite plate/shell delamination buckling and post-buckling. Composite Structures 61 (3) , pp. 255-264. 10.1016/S0263-8223(03)00016-3

Williams, Frederic Ward, Watson, A., Howson, William Paul and Kennedy, David

2003. Recent discoveries related to the use of the Wittrick-Williams algorithm to solve transcendental eigenproblems. Presented at: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering and Science:, Macao, China, pp. 139-149.

Williams, Frederic Ward, Howson, William Paul and Watson, A. 2003. Exact multi-level transcendental eigenvalue solution method by analogy with the natural frequencies of structures. Presented at: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Vibrations of Continuous Systems, Keswick, UK, , vol.60-62

Williams, Frederic Ward, Howson, William Paul, Kennedy, David

and Watson, A. 2003. A summary of recent and current work on development of transcendental eigensolvers and their applications. Presented at: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Corfu, Greece, p. 6.

Zare, A., Howson, William Paul and Kennedy, David

2003. An overview of member stiffness determinants for prismatic plate assemblies. Presented at: Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences :Advances in Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Corfu, Greece, , vol.340 p. 6.

Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2003. Natural frequencies of plane sway frames: an overview of two simple models. Presented at: 11th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES '03), Corfu, Greece, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES '03), Corfu, Greece. p. 6.

Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2003. Vibration analysis of proportional frame structures. Presented at: The 10th Iranian Researchers Seminar in Europe (IRSE), Glasgow, UK,

Luke, S. J. and Howson, William Paul 2003. Maintenance hangers for the next generation of larger aircraft. Structural Engineer 81 (1) , pp. 29-32.

Howson, William Paul and Rafezy, Behzad 2002. Global analysis of structures. Presented at: The Institution of Structural Engineering (ISE), Wales Branch meeting, Cardiff, UK, 2002.

Luke, S .J. and Howson, William Paul 2002. Modern aircraft hangers: a review of the design trends. Structural Engineer 80 (15) , pp. 23-30.

Howson, William Paul and Rafezy, B. 2002. Torsional analysis of asymmetric proportional building structures using substitute plane frames. Presented at: Proceedings 3rd International Conference On Advances in Steel Structures, Hong Kong, China, pp. 1177-1184.

Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2002. A simple method for the frequency analysis of singly asymmetric rigidly jointed frame structures. Presented at: 9th Iranian Students' Seminar in Europe, Birmingham, UK,

Williams, Frederic Ward, Watson, A. and Howson, William Paul 2002. Aspects of structural vibration behaviour related to solving by structural analogy the mathematical eigenvalue problem for homogeneous trees of differential equations. Presented at: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics, Singapore, pp. 249-253.

Zhong, Wanxie, Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederick Ward 2001. H8 control state feedback and Rayleigh quotient. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 191 (3-5) , pp. 489-501. 10.1016/S0045-7825(01)00286-9

Lin, J. H., Guo, X. L., Zhi, H., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2001. Computer simulation of structural random loading identification. Computers and Structures 79 (4) , pp. 375-387. 10.1016/S0045-7949(00)00154-1

Zhao, J. H., Jing, X .N., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2001. Stress analysis of a multilayered composite cylinder with broken fibres over a finite region. Composites Science and Technology 61 (16) , pp. 2361-2370. 10.1016/S0266-3538(01)00081-1

Williams, Frederic Ward, Zhong, W. X., Howson, William Paul and Watson, A. 2001. Useful analogies with finding natural frequencies of structures from dynamic stiffness matrix formulations. Presented at: Proceedings 3rd International Symposium on Vibrations of Continuous Systems, Wyoming, USA, pp. 76-78.

Williams, Frederic Ward, Howson, William Paul and Watson, A. 2001. A methodology for finding inter-disciplinary applications of the Wittrick-Williams algorithm, (Keynote Paper). Presented at: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Enhancement & Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering & Science (EPMESC VIII), Shanghai, China, pp. 143-155.

Howson, William Paul 2001. Critical buckling loads of shear sensitive, spring supported columns. Presented at: Proceedings EPMESC VIII: 8th International Conference on Enhancement & Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering & Science, Shanghai, China, pp. 368-373.

Zhong, W. X., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2001. Precise solutions for surface wave propagation in stratified material. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 123 (2) , pp. 198-204. 10.1115/1.1350567

Chen, H. B., Lu, P., Howson, William Paul and Williams, Frederic Ward 2001. An effective method for calculating values on and near boundaries in the hybrid displacement BEM. Mechanics Research Communications 28 (2) , pp. 199-206.

Rafezy, B. and Howson, William Paul 2001. The evaluation of natural frequencies and corresponding modal shapes of symmetric 3D frames using a one bay substitue frame. Presented at: 8th Iranian Students Seminar in Europe (ISS-2001), Manchester, UK,

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