1. Definition and representation of stiffened shell structures in the context of an integrated development process 2. Calculation of Stresses and Forces between the Skin and Stiffener in Composite Panels 3. A simplified method for elastic large deflection analysis of plates and stiffened panels due to local buckling 4. Buckling behavior of stiffened laminated plates 5. Skin/stiffener Interface Stresses in Composite Stiffened Panels 6. Nodal Constraint, Shear Deformation and Continuity Effects Related to the Modeling of Debonding of Laminates, Using Plate Elements 7. A DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE ANALYSIS OF VIBRATION FOR RECTANGULAR STIFFENED PLATES 8. Stiffened plate bending analysis in terms of refined triangular laminated plate element 9. Free vibration analysis of ribbed plates by a combined analytical numerical method 10. A domain decomposition method for problems with structural heterogeneities on the interface: Application to a passenger ship 11. Analysis of plates stiffened by parallel beams 12. An elasticity approach for simply supported isotropic and orthotropic stiffened plates 13. Accurate discrete modelling of stiffened isotropic and orthotropic rectangular plates 14. GUIDED WAVE PROPAGATION IN INTEGRALLY STIFFENED PLATES 15. Ritz Approach for Buckling Prediction of Cracked-Stiffened Structures 16. Feature guided wave inspection of bond line defects between a stiffener and a composite plate 17. Vibration analysis of ring-stiffened conical–cylindrical–spherical shells based on a modified variational approach 18. Semi-discrete finite element analysis of slab–girder bridges 19. Vibroacoustic analysis of laminated composite panels stiffened by complex laminated composite stiffeners 20. A layerwise/solid-element method for the composite stiffened laminated cylindrical shell structures 21. Sound radiation of orthogonally stiffened laminated composite plates under airborne and structure borne excitations