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Preliminaries
1. Ambient Intelligence and Its Potential for Future Learning and Virtual Product Creation Environments, A.K. Noor	1
2. Virtual Reality Surgical Simulation: The Role of Computational Mechanics Techniques, A.A. Becker, P. Wang, I.A. Jones, A.T. Glover, S.D. Benford, C.M. Greenhalgh and M. Vloeberghs	23
3. High Abstraction Level Frameworks for the Next Decade in Computational Mechanics, D. Eyheramendy	41
4. General Purpose Finite Element Analysis Code vs. Specific Design and Analysis Requirements, G. Steven	63
5. Advances in Mesh Optimisation Based on Algebraic Quality Metrics, J.M. Escobar, R. Montenegro, G. Montero, E. Rodríguez and J.M. González-Yuste	87
6. Numerical Simulations of Skeletal Muscle Mechanics, A. Eriksson	107
7. Computational Contact Mechanics: A Short Review, F. Lebon	127
8. Design Optimisation with Randomness: A Taylor Expansion Approach, I. Doltsinis and Z. Kang	145
9. Application of the Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Method to Problems in Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication, H. Lu, M. Berzins and P.K. Jimack	169
10. Numerical Modelling of Complex Fluids: State-of-the-Art, Recent Developments and New Challenges, F. Chinesta, A. Ammar, B. Mokdad and R. Keunings	193
11. Toward Virtual Certification of In-Flight Icing: A Pacing Item for CFD, W.G. Habashi	217
12. Computational Investigation of Confined Turbulent Swirling Flows Exhibiting Vortex Breakdown, A.C. Benim, A. Nahavandi and K.J. Syed	247
13. Sub-Structuring Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems with Non-Matching Grids, F. Magoulès and F.-X. Roux	269
14. Fluid-Assisted Injection Moulding Simulation: Virtual Prototyping for Complex Parts, J. Sienz, J.F.T. Pittman and A. Polynkin	287
15. Using Mixed Discretisation Schemes in Multi-Physics Simulation, M. Cross, T.N. Croft, D. McBride, A.K. Slone and A.J. Williams	309
16. Multi-Physics Couplings in Metal Forming Processes, F. Bay and J.L. Chenot	325
17. On the Computation of the Coefficients in a Fourier Series Expansion, R. Cruz-Barroso, P. González-Vera and F. Perdomo-Pío	347
18. Fractional Models: Sub and Super-Diffusives, and Undifferentiable Solutions, J.J. Trujillo	371
19. Symmetry and Structures, A. Kaveh	403
20. Robust Design of Composite Shells: Simulation and Validation, C. Hühne, R. Rolfes and J. Teßmer	425
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