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Preliminaries
1	ELEMENT TECHNOLOGY
1.1	Element Formulations from Symbolic Manipulation A. Eriksson and C. Pacoste	1
1.2	Special Kink and Fold Elements for Simulating Parachute Dynamics K. Lu, J.W. Leonard, M.L. Accorsi, R. Benney and K. Stein	15
1.3	On General Shell Finite Elements and Mathematical Shell Models D. Chapelle and K.-J. Bathe	25
1.4	On the Linear Analysis of Plates and Shells using a New Sixteen DOF Flat Shell Element J.L. Batoz, F. Hammadi, C. Zheng and W. Zhong	31
1.5	A Unified Approach for Shear Locking Free Triangular and Rectangular Shell Finite Elements K.-U. Bletzinger and M. Bischoff	43
1.6	A Mixed Formulation for General Triangular Isoparametric Shell Elements based on the Degenerated Solid Approach M.L. Bucalem and S.H.S. da Nobrega	53
1.7	Discrete Reissner-Mindlin Plate and Shell Elements R. Sydenstricker and L. Landau	63
2	ANALYSIS OF PLATES
2.1	On the Buckling of Plates under Global Tension N. Friedl, F.G. Rammerstorfer and F.D. Fischer	73
2.2	High Continuity Finite Element Formulation for the Analysis of Shear Deformable Plates A. Bilotta and R. Casciaro	79
3	MESH GENERATION, ERROR ESTIMATION AND ADAPTIVITY
3.1	Hierarchical Generation of Unstructured Meshes over Free-Form Polyhedra S. Maza, F. Noel, J.C. Leon and F. Sillion	85
3.2	Error Estimation of Degenerated Shell Elements S.H. Lo and C.K. Lee	95
3.3	Error Estimation and h-Adaptivity for Eigenfrequency Analysis of Plates in Bending N.E. Wiberg and P. Hager	101
3.4	An Optimal Adaptive Refinement Strategy for Full Three Dimensional Finite Element Analysis S.H. Lo and C.K. Lee	109
3.5	An Adaptive h-Hierarchical Finite Element System A. Deeks	115
3.6	The Use of Residuals to Detect Errors and Anomalies in Thick Plate Bending Elements D.J. Robinson, R.W. McCune and C.G. Armstrong	125
3.7	Dynamic Non-Linear h-Adaptive Analysis R.C.C. Silva, L. Landau and F.L.B. Ribeiro	135
3.8	About Automatisation of Viscoplastic Analysis: Piloting and Quality Control J.P. Pelle and D. Ryckelynck	143
3.9	Geometry Adaption of Polyhedral Models based on Mechanical Criterion L. Fine, L. Remondini and J.-C. Leon	159
4	CRACK MODELLING WITH ADAPTION
4.1	Improved Crack Simulation by Automatic Mesh Generation M. Schölmann, F. Neugebauer, B. May, S. Blazy and M. Fulland	169
5	MODELLING OF REINFORCED CONCRETE
5.1	Advanced Nonlinear Analysis of 3D Reinforced Concrete Frames B.A. Izzuddin and D. Lloyd Smith	181
5.2	Elasto-Plasticity with Polyhedral Yield Surfaces in the Element Nodal Force Space E. Anderheggen, G. Glanzer and P. Steffen	187
5.3	A Hypoelasticity Model for Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Structures M.A. Shayanfar and M.S. Mirza	195
5.4	Nonlinear Stress-Strain Behaviour of RC Beams in Non-Stationary Temperature Field M. Cvetkovska and L. Lazarov	205
6	PLASTIC AND ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND MODELLING
6.1	Limit Analysis of Jointed Media using Finite Elements and Linear Programming H.S. Yu and S.W. Sloan	215
6.2	On Numerical Simulation of Cyclic Elastoplastic Deformation Processes of Shell Structures J. Soric, Z. Tonkovic and W.B. Kraetzig	221
7	MODELLING OF MASONRY STRUCTURES
7.1	A Numerical Model for the Behaviour of Masonry under Elevated Temperatures M.E. O'Gara, D.J. O'Connor and A. Nadjai	229
8	DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
8.1	Non-Linear Buckling Response of a Conical Shell Panel G.T. Michaltsos, D.S. Sophianopoulos and T.G. Konstandakopoul	239
9	MATERIALS MODELLING
9.1	Assessment of the Use of Finite Element Creep Steady State Stresses for Predicting the Creep Life of Welded Pipes T.H. Hyde, W. Sun and A.A. Becker	247
9.2	Accurate Stress Return Strategies for Hardening-Softening Plasticity B. Tahar and R.S. Crouch	253
9.3	The Adjoint State Method Applied to Material Identification through Indentation Test A. Constantinescu and N. Tardieu	261
10	MATERIALS MODELLING - GEOTECHNICAL
10.1	Mixed Three Field Formulation of Two Phase Medium in Dynamic Elastoplastic Kinematic Hardening A. Kaddouri and P.K. Woodward	269
10.2	Application of Porous Media Modelling with Finite Element Formulation Mixture Theory I. Terlinden and L. Laemmer	275
10.3	Simulation of the Dynamic Compaction Process of Unsaturated Soils N. Ekrami-Nasab, J. Oliphant and P.K. Woodward	283
11	FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEMS
11.1	Investigating the Fibre Configuration in Confined Channel Flow with Recirculations L.X. Kong and R.A. Platfoot	291

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