click on a paper title to read the abstract or purchase the full-text paper (price £20)

Preliminaries
1	SIMULATION
1.1	On Reliability in the Simulation of Structural and Fluid Flow Response K.-J. Bathe	1
1.2	The Problem of Model Selection in Numerical Simulation B.A. Szabo	9
1.3	Non-Linear Response of Hysteretic Oscillator under Evolutionary Excitation F. Carli	17
1.4	Numerical Simulation of the Fatigue Process in the Contact Area of Spur Gears S. Glodez, J. Flasker and Z. Ren	27
1.5	Mechanical Model of Net Reinforced Blood Vessel F. Carli and M. Martelli	35
1.6	A Semi-Eulerian Method for Treating Lagrangian Sliding Interfaces W.H. Lee	45
1.7	Fatigue Simulation on Finite Element Structures G. Steinwender, B. Unger and W. Eichlseder	55
1.8	On Stable Numerical Simulation Strategies for Elasto-Plastic Deformation Processes of Shell Structures U. Montag, W.B. Kraetzig and J. Soric	61
1.9	The Thermomechanical Calculation of Polymer Roller with Finite Element Method D. Severin and L. Qiao	73
2	IMPACT AND CONTACT PROBLEMS
2.1	A Modular Approach for 3D Structure Assembly Computations with Unilateral Contact Conditions L. Champaney, J.Y. Cognard and P. Ladeveze	79
2.2	Lagrangian Hydrocode Modelling of Hypervelocity Impact on Spacecraft J. Campbell and R. Vignjevic	95
2.3	A Study of the Unilateral Contact Between Saddles and Steel Pipes based on the Sanders Theory of Shells M.R. Al-Abed and C.D. Bisbos	103
2.4	A 3-D Numerical Study of the T-Stub Problem Taking into Account the Interfacial Unilateral Contact Effects H.I. Sakellariadou, C.D. Bisbos, K. Thomopoulos and P.D. Panagiotopoulos	115
3	FINITE ELEMENT METHODS AND SIMULATION
3.1	An Intersection-Parametrization Technique to Analyse 2-D Structures with Interfaces Governed by Complete Nonmonotone Laws C.D. Bisbos and C.C. Baniotopoulos	125
4	IMPACT AND RIGID BODY SIMULATION
4.1	Computer Aided Analysis of Train Impact on Structures Adjacent to the Track N. Hajdin, R. Mandic and Z. Miskovic	133
4.2	Application of Rigid Body Analysis for the Choice of Components Modes in Flexible Multibody Systems O. Verlinden, C. Conti and P. Dehombreux	139
5	SOIL STRUCTURE INTERATION PROBLEMS
5.1	Consistent Infinitesimal Finite-Element Cell Method in Frequency Domain J.P. Wolf and C. Song	149
5.2	A Study of the Active Isolation of Traffic Vibrations using a Coupled and Infinite Element Model D.V. Jones, O. Laghrouche and D. Le Houedec	165
5.3	Probabilistic Analysis of Tunnel Liners A. Fraile, M.S. Gomez Lera and E. Alarcon	171
5.4	Frequency Domain Dynamic Analysis with Application to Soil-Structure Interaction: Linear and Non-Linear Systems F. Venancio-Filho and A.M. Claret	177
5.5	Quantification of Backfill Effects on Crack Propagation Pipeline Z. Zhuang and P.E. O'Donoghue	189
5.6	Nonlinear FE Model for SSI Analysis H.Y. Chao and R.I. Borja	195
5.7	Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis for Integral Bridges B.M. Lehane, D.L. Keogh and E.J. O'Brien	201
5.8	Free Vibration of Stiffened Coupled Shear Walls on Flexible Foundations C.K. Chau and J.S. Kuang	211
6	FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEMS
6.1	Finite Element Transient Analysis (FETA) of Solids and Structures Including Soil-Fluid-Structure Interaction D.C. Rizos, D.L. Karabalis, G.J. Cokkinides, J.L. Tassoulas and J.S. Mulliken	221
7	DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
7.1	Non-Linear Structural Damping Determination by Finite Element Approach G.D. Gounaris and N.K. Anifantis	227
7.2	Localization of Vibration and Buckling Modes in Periodic Structures of Nonlinear Behaviour Due to Slightly Disordered Loading R.M.L.R.F. Brasil, P.M. Pimenta and P. Goldenberg	233
8	SIMULATION OF DYNAMIC PROBLEMS
8.1	Design of Mechanical Crack Arrestors P.E. O'Donoghue and Z. Zhuang	239
8.2	Free Vibration Analysis of Clamped-Free and Clamped-Free with Ring Stiffened Circular Cylindrical Shells J.S. Yim, Y.S. Lee and D.S. Sohn	247

return to the book description