Continuing Professional Development

Research on shear is reviewed, with developments in a number of topics traced from the turn of the century until the present day. The current situation and the prospects for future progress are discussed. Finally, some more general conclusions are drawn from the background of this particular area. Professor P.E. Regan

Professor W. M. Jenkins (F) (University of Leeds) Sir Alan’s viewpoint is clearly an oblique reference to my work in the application of the genetic algorithm to structural design optimisation.

Romilly Bobby, the winner of the Institution's Kenneth Severn Award 2024, asks three questions of the structural engineering profession: where are we going? How will we get there? And what should we bring?