"J\L -. y' REPORT NO. UCB/ EERC-82/22 NOVEMBER 1982 FBB3-1979 EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER SOLUTION STRATEGIES FOR STATICALLY LOADED NONLINEAR STRUCTURES by JEFFREY W. SIMONS GRAHAM H. POWELL Report to Sponsor: National Science Foundation COllEGE OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA . Berkeley, California REPRODUCED BY NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE u.s. DEPARTMENT Of COMMERCE SPRINGfiElD, VA. 22161 ....