PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2000 ASME PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING CONFERENCEJULY 23-27, 2000 SEATTLE,WASHINGTON Volume of 43 full-length,peer-reviewed technical papers (including two student papers) thataddress the development of new techniques used to solve complexexperimental and numerical problems in fluid, structure, andfluid-structure interaction domains and industrial applications. Inthis first volume of a two-part set, the papers deal withstructures under extreme loading conditions. Sampling of contentsincludes: Analysis of Gaussian Dispersion Model In An InhomogeneousTurbulent Flow An Experimental And Numerical Study Of NaturalConvection In An Enclosure Bounded By Two Composite Solid WallsStabilization Control of Unstable Vibration In A Collapsible TubeDamage Evaluation Of Structure Subjected to Surface And Sub-SurfaceBlast A Strength And Damage Model For Rock Under Dynamic LoadingUse Of Human Injury Models To Design and Evaluate Office Layouts ToReduce Injuries From Blast Edited by: M. Souli