High strength steel use in Australia, Japan and the US

This paper is the result of an IStructE Educational Trust Rowen Travel Award which enabled the author to undertaken the research project. Applicants define their own research topic, the objectives and itinerary of people and places to visit. The author travelled to Japan, Australia and America to investigate the worldwide uses of high-strength steel. This paper is a brief summary of the dissertation resulting from 4 weeks of research.