Coupled Instabilities in Metal Structures (CIMS) - What have we learned and where are we going?

The preface to the second conference in Liege states that there is a need to improve the incorporation of the theoretical methods into design standards and specifications. Therefore, there has been an ongoing thread in the CIMS series on how this research has and could be implemented in design. Related areas such as buckling of structural members under elevated temperatures and dynamic buckling have been expanded. The paper reviews the research from the six previous conferences with a view to finding “what have we learned”. It then moves on to investigating the future research needs and steps required for further implementation of the research in design standards and specifications.