All Proceeding Papers /Chapters

The Boundary Element Method in Engineering Practice
Neurocomputing?State-of-the-art
Parallel Real-Time Dynamic Simulation of Robots
An Efficient Parallel-Vector Equation Solver
Improved Finite Element Modeling with Q-MESH and PARA<sub>?</sub>LIB Parallel Processing
A Visualization Toolkit for Fluid Mechanics
Block-based Solvers for Engineering Applications
A Substructuring Algorithm for Analysis and Optimization of Large Structures on Parallel Machines
Design of a Neural Network Power Grasp Controller
Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Composite Ply Micromechanics
AI Development Environment for the Maintenance of Existing Buildings
COFDEX: Composite Floor Design Expert
A Neural Network Environment for Intelligent CAD
Finite Element Evaluation of Thermoviscoplastic Responses of Geomechanical Media Under Finite Deformation
Interaction of Elastic Waves with Axisymmetric Cavities in a Half Space: A Combined Finite Element-Boundary Integral Approach
Finite Element Studies of Block Shear for Structural Tees
A New Finite Element Formulation of the Generalized Laminated Plate Theory
Prediction of Transverse Shear Stresses for Various Isoparametric Thick and Thin Shell Elements
Developments in the Use of Cubic B-Splines in the Compound Strip Method
<italic>h-p</italic> Adaptive Methods in CFD
Uses of the hp-Version of the Finite Element Method for Ensuring the Reliability of Engineering Data
Singularity Elements for the p-Version of the FEM
p-Version Three Dimensional Solid Element for Heat Conduction
p-Version Three Dimensional Curved Shell Element for Geometrically Nonlinear Behavior
hpVersion of the Finite Element Method in Boundary Layer Problems
Dynamic Analysis of a Beam by the Stochastic Finite Element Method
Stochastic Response Analysis of Nonlinear Plane Trusses with Spatial Variability
Structural Response Statistics by Boundary Elements
Nonlinear Probabilistic FEM for Composite Shells
Stochastic Finite Element-Based Reliability Analysis of Dynamically Loaded Frames
The Weighted Integral Method for Calculating the Stochastic Stiffness Matrix of Stochastic Systems
A Class of Asymptotic Annihilation Algorithms for Structural Dynamics
Finite Element Approximation to Heat Transfer Through Construction Glass Blocks
Explicit Integration Schemes in Structural Dynamics
Advanced Software for Thin Plate Analysis Using Unequally Spaced Cubic B-Splines
Sensitivity Analysis for the Numerical Evaluation of Wind Effects on Buildings
Nonlinearities and Imperfections in Creep Stability
Propagating Buckles in Deep-Water Pipelines
Minimum Required Lateral Stiffness of Structures
Large Displacement Analysis for Structural Stability Problems
Limit and Post-Limit Behavior of Space Trusses
Applicability of Three-Parameter Power Model to Structural Analysis of Flexibly Jointed Frames
Axial Force-Moment Interaction in System Reliability
An Efficient Algorithm for Second-Order Finite Element Reliability Analysis
An Adaptive Importance Sampling Strategy
Reliability of Beams on Uncertain Foundation
Response Variability and Reliability of Stochastic Systems Using the Weighted Integral Method
Perplexing Issues in Concrete Softening
Two Dimensional Analysis of Strain Localization with Nonlocal Continuous Damage
Tensile Failure in Concrete by Spallation
On Isotropic and Anisotropic Damage Variables in Continuum Damage Mechanics
A Kinematic Hardening and Softening Model of Concrete
Inelastic Mechanisms in Dynamically Loaded Ceramics
A Theory of Porous Plasticity at Low Triaxiality
Healing or Negative Damage in Concrete
Computational Damage Modeling for Timber Reliability Analysis
One Surface Model for Concrete with Non-Associated Damage Rule
Cooperative Fracture?Statistical Models
Laboratory Study of Wave-Current Interactions
Numerical Solutions for Transient and Nearly Periodic Waves in Shallow Water
On the Transformation of Wave Spectra by Currents and Bathymetry
Wave Shoaling on Uniform Currents
Boundary Element Calculation of Nonlinear Wave Generation and Wave Current Interactions
Extracting Dynamics from Ocean Wave Time Series Data
Stability of Nearly Breaking Long Waves
The Influence of the Viscosity on the Progressive Waves
Comparative Performance of Spectral and Parametric Numerical Wave Prediction Models in Lake Michigan
Wave Calculation Using WAM Model and NMC Wind
A Turbulence Model for Transverse Mixing in Rivers
Gas Phase Turbulence Modification with Fine Particles in 2-D Duct Flow
Chaotic Advection in a Shear Layer
Computation of Flow Fields Induced by Hydroplant Releases into Lower Lock Approaches
On Determination of Turbulence Model Coefficients for Anisotropic Reynolds Stress Closure Model
Hydrodynamic Pressure on an Oscillating Vertical Plate
The Moving Contact Line
Interaction of Viscous Free-Surface Flow with Submerged Structure
Evolution of Nonlinear Long Waves After Interacting with a Breakwater
Numerical Modeling of Air Bubble Transport in Spillway Flow Downstream from Aerator
Characteristics of Flow Over the Bucket with Gradually Varied Curvature
Hydrodynamics of Deepwater Tension Leg Platforms
Perturbation Solution to 3-D Nonlinear Cavity Flow Problems
A Simulation to Noise Barrier
Time-Domain Transmitting Boundary Condition in Fluid-Structure Interaction Studies
Gravity Dam Response Including Interaction Effects
Dynamic Effect of Sediment on Dam Hydrodynamics
Interaction Between Waves and a Floating Body with Tension Legs
Computation of Wind Flow Around a Building
A Compact Nonlinear Solution Method for Two Phase Stefan Problems
Numerical Simulation of Dam-Breaking Waves
Wave Loading Linearization for Offshore Structures
Parametric Excitation of Collapsible Latex Tubes
Numerical Modeling of Pollutant Transport in Estuaries
Myocardial Wall Stress: A Clinician's View
Diastolic Function Using 3-D Echo Reconstruction and Finite Element Analysis: Applications for Study in Animal Models and Patients
Large Deformation Analysis of Cardiac Structures
Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Stress and Activation in the Heart
Non-Linear Passive Elastic Properties of the Left Ventricular Myocardium: Application of Finite Element Analysis to 3-D Geometry Obtained from Ultrasound Images
Assessment of Left Ventricular Flow Dynamics Using the Finite Analytic Method: Potential for Clinical Applications
Effect of Stenotic Geometry on Blood Flow Behavior
Simulation of Blood-Heart Interaction: Validation of Approach
Three-Dimensional Blood Flows Associated with Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation
A Computer Simulation of the Blood Flow at the Aortic Bifurcation with Flexible Walls
Finite Analytic Explicit Scheme for Viscous Burgers' Equation
Effects of Artificial Heart Pumping on Hemorheology
Structural Aspects of Femoral Head Osteonecrosis
Finite Element Stress Analysis of a Spinal Segment
Biomechanical Model of a Lumbar Intervertebral Joint?A System Approach
Simulation of Head/Neck Response to -Gx Impact Acceleration
In-Vitro Measurement of Static Contact Pressure Distribution in Synovial Joints
Biomechanics of Local Articular Incongruities
Normal and Tangential Contact of Layered Spheres as Models of Joint Contact
A Contact Problem Modeling the Squeeze-Film Mode of Synovial Joint Lubrication
Contact Problems in Cell Adhesion
A Two-Dimensional Model of Airbag Deployment
Computational Mechanics: Constitutive Modeling and Performance Analysis
Dynamic Responses of the Precision Segmented Reflector
Optical Performance Predictions and Testing of a Composite Reflector
Structural Responses in Mechatronics
Effects of Random Errors on Space Station Truss
Stochastic Seismic Response of Simple Structures
Vibration Suppression Through Liquid Oscillations
Dynanmic Stability and Seismic Response of Damped Beams in the Presence of Follower Forces
Effects on Seismic Spatial Variations to Suspension Bridge Responses
Comparative Time Domain Analysis of Some Available Analytical and Empirical Expressions for the Spatial Variability of Seismic Ground Motions
Modelling of Tubes with Large Plastic Deformation
R/C Columns Under Axial and Bi-Directional Lateral Loads
Elasto-Plastic Analysis of Frames with Bending Moments and Axial Force Interaction
Buckling Loads of Columns Made of Viscoelastic Materials
Dynamic Response Analysis of Three-Dimensional Beam-Columns
Forced Vibration Analysis of Frame Structures Subjected to Support Movements by the Distributed Mass Method
Dynamic Behavior of a Non-Linear Cable Truss
Free Vibration of Stepped Beams
Using a Linearized Yield Surface in Dynamic Analysis
Vibration of Plates with Corner Stress Singularities
Linear Elastic Finite Element Analysis of Axisymmetric Shells on Elastic Foundations
The Analysis of a Spherical Shell
Engineering Applications of the Analysis of a Spherical Shell
Spherical Shells with Nonuniform Rigidity
Curvature Effects on the Deflection and Vibration of Cross-Ply Shallow Shells
On the Solution of Plates and Shells Mixed Boundary Problems
Time-Delayed Control of Nondispersive Continuous Systems
Optimal Control Configuration for Active Control of Structural Vibrations
Synthesis of Lateral Structural Bracing with Active Tendons
Input-Output Discrete-Time Control of Structures
Spatial Coherence in the Chaotic Dynamics of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Elastic Impact Oscillators
Foias-Temam Approximations of Attractors for Galloping Oscillators
Experimental and Numerical Chaos in Continuous Systems: Two Case Studies
Chaotic Response and Stability of Rocking Rigid Objects
Chaotic Analysis of Dynamic Bifurcation of Viscoelastic Shallow Arches
System Identification Techniques for Inelastic Structures
Cumulants of the Nonlinear Combination of Independent Random Variables
Response of Nonclassically Damped MDOF Systems to Nonstationary Random Excitation
Response Triscpectrum for a Yielding Structure
Adequacy of Statistical Linearization for Nonlinear Degrading Structural Systems
Large Deflection of Simply Supported Inplane Loading Rectangular Plate Under Uniform Random Pressure
Elastic Stability of Non-Rectangular Plates
Poisson Instability of Laminated Composite Plates
Buckling of Lamianted Plates Using h-p Finite Strips
Finite Element Stability of Eccentrically Stiffened Plates
A Comparison of Modeling Techniques for the Buckling of Stiffened Shells
Localized Collapse of Shells of Revolution
Sensitivity Analysis of Connection Stiffness in Orthogonal Frames with End-Plate Connections
Buckling of Frames with Load-Dependent Supports
Methodology for Developing an Engineering Solution for Web Crippling
Stability Analysis of Nonlinear Frames
Ultimate Loads of Steel Frames with Imperfections
A Second Order Analysis Technique for Nonprismatic Bridge Piers
Computational Failure Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Plate Structures
A Mixture Finite Element for Reinforced Concrete
Thermal Effects in a Transient Study of Fracture
Nonlinear Response of Ground Supported Slabs
Safe-Load-Limit of Plates in Cylindrical Bending
Analysis of Delamination Onset and Growth in Curved Laminates
Analysis of a CMC Compact Tension Specimen
Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Test: Traditional and Modified
Postbuckling Analysis of Composite Stiffeners under Uniaxial Compression
Characterizing Mode I Fatigue Delamination of Composite Materials
Characterization of Acoustic Emission Signals
Design Considerations for Large-Scale Filament-Wound Composite Structures
Optimum Design of Laminated Metal Matrix Composites
Frictionless Contact of Composite Laminates
Elastic Stability of a Laminated Column
A Damping Model for the Vibration of Nonlinear Laminated Composite Cylindrical Panels with High Order Transverse Shears
On the Adhesive Strength of Viscoelastic Fibrous Composites
Statistical Strength Analysis of Composites
Partial Hybrid Stress Element for Higher-Order Laminated Plates Theory
Finite Element Analysis and Testing of a Laminated Composite Fuselage Test Structure
Flexural and Extensional Motion of Moderately Thick Laminated Composite Plates
An Analytical Solution to Free Vibration Problems of Cross-ply Laminated Thin Doubly-curved Shells
Damage Tolerance of Composites
Failure Modes and Toughening Mechanisms in CMC
Coupled Bending and Twisting of Thin-Walled Composite Beams
Failure Characterization of Structural FRP Bars
On the Design of Laminated Composite Flange: A Model with Experimental Verification
Use of Laser Holography and Image Analysis for Crack Measurement and Determination of Strain Fields in Cement Based Materials
Visualization of the Microstructural Response of Lightly-Cemented Granular Soils Under Uniaxial Strain Conditions
Observations of Microcracking and Pore Collapse in Limestone Using Liquid Metal Porosimetry
Acoustic Emission Source Locations in Concrete
Development of a Constitutive Model for Impact Limiters
The Application of Computerized Tomography for Determining Material Properties
Fracture Response of Cement Matrices Reinforced with High Volume Fiber Fraction
Bond Strength of Reinforcing Bars in SIFCON
Mixture Considerations for High Performance Cement-Based Composites
Experimental Techniques to Study the Microstructure of Cement-Based Materials
Cement and Concrete Characterization by Scanning Electron Microscopy
Studies of the Interfacial Properties of Fiber Reinforced Cement
Atomistic Simulation and Visualization of Thermal Disorder in a Crystalline Ice
Simulation of Failure Processes in Cementitious Particle Composites
Material Testing at High Pressure
Mechanical Behavior of Composites with Interphases
Theoretical and Experimental Mechanisms of Toughening in Multi-phase Materials
On Statistical Micromechanical Process Damage Models for Brittle Solids with Interacting Microcracks
Nonlocality of Continuum Approximation of Microcracked Materials
Micro-Damage Process Model for Polycrystalline Ice
Crack Growth Stability in Ice
Strain Rate Effects on Pressuremeter Testing
Moisture Diffusion in Concrete and Mechanisms of Drying Creep
Deformation of Concrete Due to Drying
A Phenomenological Approach to Physico Chemical Phenomena Coupled with Damage in Massive Concrete
A Model to Predict Restrained Shrinkage Cracking of Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Influence of Finite Deformations in the Stress-Strain Modelling of Granular Media
Models for Rock Mass Dynamics
Instability and Plastic Flow of Soils
Constitutive Relations for Large Deformation Plasticity
Modeling of Successive Impacts in Sand
A Micromechanics Model for Rough Interfaces
Penetration Tests in a Particulate Calibration Chamber
Comparison of a Microscopic Model and a Macroscopic Model Predictions on the Stress-Strain Behavior of a Soil
Microscopic Modeling of Shear Strength of Contaminated Soils
Constitutive Relations for Granular Solids Accounting for Heterogeneous Deformation Fields
An Ellipse-based Micromechanical Model for Angular Granular Materials
Geometry of Yield Surfaces for Frictional Flow of Granular Materials
A Time-Dependent Microplane Model for Creep of Cohesive Soils
Factors Affecting the Incremental Stiffness of Particle Assemblies
Numerical Undrained Cyclic Loading Simulations Using the Discrete Element Method
Numerical Experiments for Anisotropic Behavior of Granular Materials
Instability in Granular Chute Flows
Microstructure and Stress Differences in Shearing Flows
Computer Simulations of Rapid Granular Flows Interacting with a Flat, Frictional Boundary
Simulations of Gravity-Driven Channel Flows of Disks Floating on the Flowing Viscous Fluid
Simulation of the Quasi-Static Deformation of 2D Assemblages of Rigid Discs
Numerical Simulation of Localization in Granular Materials
A Particle Beam Simulation
Interparticle Sliding and Rolling