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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 59
DEVELOPMENTS IN ANALYSIS AND DESIGN USING FINITE ELEMENT METHODS
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping and B. Kumar

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Preliminaries
1PRE- AND POST-PROCESSING, MESH GENERATION, VISUALISATION AND MODEL REPRESENTATION  
1.1 Feature Description Structures for Finite Element Modelling
S. Chandra
1
1.2 Virtual Prototyping: A Tool for Structural Design and Performance Simulation
D. Jonson
9
1.3 Mesh-Independent Visualisation of Hidden 3-D Process Data in Computer Simulation
J.R. Boehmer
13
1.4 A Hybrid Method for Finite Element Nodal Ordering
A. Kaveh and H.A. Rahimi Bondarabady
25
2RE-ANALYSIS  
2.1 On an Exact Calculation Method for Structural Modification
M. Cheikh, A. Loredo, S. Aivazzadeh and G. Verchery
33
3OBJECT ORIENTED FINITE ELEMENT METHODOLOGY  
3.1 Object Oriented Finite Element Modelling
B. Patzak and Z. Bittnar
41
3.2 Using an Extensible Object-Oriented Query Language in Multibody System Analysis
C. Tisell and K. Orsborn
47
3.3 Object-Oriented Programming and Numerical Methods in Finite Element Analysis
R.I. Mackie
55
3.4 Accessing Finite Element Analysis Results through an Extensible Object-Oriented Query Language
K. Orsborn
63
4PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING  
4.1 Development of a Geometrical and Material Non Linear Analysis Software for Civil Engineering Structures with Clusters of Personal Computers
M.L. Romero, J.J. Cano and P. Miguel
71
4.2 Explicit Parallel Dynamics with Nonlocal Constitutive Models
B. Patzak, D. Rypl and Z. Bittnar
77
4.3 Transferring a Non-Linear Finite Element Code to the Oxford Supercomputer, OSCAR
A.G. Bloodworth, C.E. Augarde and G.T. Houslby
85
4.4 Some Results Given by the Use of Multilevel Decomposition Methods to Solve Linear and Non Linear Problems
J-F. Lassignardie and P. Marin
95
5ANALYSIS, MODELLING AND DESIGN OF COMPOSITES  
5.1 A Method for Optimally Designing Laminated Plates Subject to Fatigue Loads using a Cumulative Damage Constraint and Finite Element Analysis
M. Walker
103
5.2 Analysis of Angle-Ply Piezolaminated Plate Structures by Spline Finite Strip Method
M.A.R. Loja, J.I. Barbosa, C.M. Mota Soares and C.A. Mota Soares
107
5.3 The Vibration of Corrugated Carbon Fibre Cylinders under External Water Pressure
A.P.F. Little and C.T.F. Ross
119
5.4 Effective Thermomechanical Behaviour for Particle Reinforced Composites
K.K-H. Tseng
127
6FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES  
6.1 Development and Simulation of a Real-Time Dynamic Testing Procedure for Structures
M.S. Williams, A. Blakeborough, D. Clement, A.P. Darby, D.M. Williams and N. Woodward
133
6.2 Punching Shear Capacity of Internal Column-Flat Slab Junctions with Inplane Restraint: A Comparison Between Finite Element Predictions and Experiments
P. Bhatt and B.T. Lim
141
6.3 Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete with Dowel Action of Steel Reinforcement Taken into Account
A.K.H. Kwan and X.G. He
149
6.4 Finite Element Modeling of Structural Reinforced Concrete Grid Walls
M.A. Haroun, C.V. Yland and H.M. Elsanadedy
155
6.5 Application of Finite Element Analysis in the Modification of Civil and Structural Works
K. Nag
161
6.6 The Question of Shear in the Design of Pavement Structures
A. Bensalem and A. Brown
173
7NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS  
7.1 Nonlinear Finite Element Method for RC Shear Wall Structures
P. Shen, J. Ye and S. Cai
181
7.2 Nonlinear Analysis of Experimental RC Shear Walls
M.A. Shayanfar and R. Saleh Jalali
187
7.3 Non-Linear Finite Element Modelling of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns
S.P. Chiew, Y.X. Dong and C.K. Soh
197
8CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING  
8.1 Bifurcation in the Numerical Simulation of Softening Mechanisms
O.J. Gastebled and I.M. May
205
8.2 The Assessment of Hysteretic Energy Capacity in Energy-based Damage Model Design
A. Nicknam, A.Shahbazian Ahari and M.R. Sabeti
215
9ANALYSIS OF SHELL STRUCTURES  
9.1 Finite Rotations in Non-Linear Analysis and Design of Elastic Shells
L. Wang and G. Thierauf
223
9.2 Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis of Shells
R. Levy and E. Gal
233
10DYNAMIC ANALYSIS  
10.1 A Numerically Stable Subspace Iteration Method with Shift
H.-J. Jung, J.-W. Oh and I.-W. Lee
241
11CONTACT ANALYSIS  
11.1 Boundary Element Analysis of Rigid Body Contact
R.S. Hack and A.A. Becker
249
12GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS  
12.1 Advanced Finite Element Analysis of Surface Foundations on Granular Soils
P.K. Woodward and K. Nesnas
255
12.2 Nonlinear Computational Model for Soil-Pile Interaction under Lateral Loading with Gap Formation
M.A. Haroun and H.M. Nofal
261
12.3 Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analyses of Passive Pile Behaviour
J.L. Pan, A.T.C. Goh, K.S. Wong and A.R. Selby
271
13FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION  
13.1 The Buckling and Vibration of Tube-Stiffened Axisymmetric Shells under External Hydrostatic Pressure
C.T.F. Ross and J. Etheridge
277

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