Computational Mechanics in solids, structures and coupled problems in engineering is today a mature science with applications to major industrial designs. This book reflects the state of art and it is written by some of the world leading authorities in this field, addressing such topics as: design and topology optimisation, inverse engineering, multibody dynamics, non-linear and railway dynamics, non-linear and textile composites, sandwich structures, uncertainty and reliability of structures, micromechanics of biological materials, computational geometry, multiscale strategies, discrete and mesh free elements, hybrid crack element, adaptive mesh generation, neural networks, structural model validation, vibro-acoustics, active aeroelastic structures, shells with incompressible flows, fluid-structure interaction, aeroelasticity, fluid-saturated and damage porous media and ceramics, high porosity solids, multiphase viscous porous material and masonry. This book contains the edited version of some Plenary and Keynote Lectures presented at the III European Conference on Computational Mechanics: Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering (ECCM-2006), held in the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, 5th - 8th June 2006.
Preface; M.P. BENDSØE: Computational Challenges for Multi-Physics Topology Optimization; J.A. COTTRELL, A. REALI, Y. BAZILEVS and T.J.R. HUGHES: Computational Geometry and the Analysis of Solids and Structures; E. OÑATE, S.R. IDELSOHN, M.A. CELIGUETA and R. ROSSI: Advances in the Particle Finite Element Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems; W. SCHIEHLEN and R. SEIFRIED: Elastic and Plastic Impacts in Multibody Dynamics; A. SULEMAN and P. MONIZ: Active Aeroelastic Aircraft Structures; O. ALLIX: Multiscale Strategy for Solving Industrial Problems; F. ARMERO and C. ZAMBRANA: Numerical Integration of the Nonlinear Dynamics of Elastoplastic Solids; P.G. BERGAN, K. BAKKEN and K.C. THIENEL: Analysis and Design of Sandwich Structures Made of Steel and Lightweight Concrete; R.I. BORJA: Multiscale Modeling of Pore Collapse Instability in High-Porosity Solids; R. de BORST, M.A. ABELLAN and J. RÉTHORÉ: Instabilities and Discontinuities in Two-Phase Media; C.L. BOTTASSO: Towards Maneuvering Aeroelasticity – Progress in the Simulation of Large Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems; K.K. CHOI and L. DU: A Design Optimization Formulation for Problems with Random and Fuzzy Input Variables Using Performance Measure Approach; I. DOLTSINIS: Strength of Porous Ceramics – Mechanical Testing and Numerical Modelling; E.H. DOWELL, K.C. HALL, J.P. THOMAS, R.E. KIELB, M.A. SPIKER and C.M. DENEGRI, Jr.: Reduced Order Models in Unsteady Aerodynamic Models, Aeroelasticity and Molecular Dynamics; G.S. DULIKRAVICH, H.R.B. ORLANDE and B.H. DENNIS: Inverse Engineering; J. FISH and W. CHEN: Multiscale Approaches for Bridging Discrete and Continuum Scales; P.L. GEORGE: Adaptive Mesh Generation in 3 Dimensions by Means of a Delaunay Based Method. Applications to Mechanical Problems; C. HELLMICH, K. HOFSTETTER and C. KOBER: Computational Micromechanics of Biological Materials: Bone and Wood; B.L. KARIHALOO and Q.Z. XIAO: Recent Developments of Hybrid Crack Element: Determination ofits Complete Displacement Field and Combination with XFEM; P. LADEVÈZE, P. ENJALBERT, G. PUEL and T. ROMEUF: Structural Model Validation and the Lack-of-Knowledge Theory; J.V. LEMOS: Modeling of Historical Masonry with Discrete Elements; G.R. LIU and B.B.T. KEE: A Regularized Strong-form Meshfree Method for Adaptive Analysis; J.F. DËU, W. LARBI and R. OHAYON: Dissipative Interface Modeling for Vibroacoustic Problems – A New Symmetric Formulation; M. PAPADRAKAKIS, N.D. LAGAROS and M. FRAGIADAKIS: Seismic Design Procedures in The Framework of Evolutionary Based Structural Optimization; E. RAMM, C. FÖRSTER, M. NEUMANN and W.A. WALL: Interaction of Shells and Membranes with Incompressible Flows; J.N. REDDY and R.A. ARCINIEGA: Nonlinear Analysis of Composite and FGM Shells Using Tensor-Based Shell Finite Elements; R. ROLFES G. ERNST, D. HARTUNG and J. TEßMER: Strength of Textile Composites – A Voxel Based Continuum Damage Mechanics Approach; B.A. SCHREFLER, F. PESAVENTO, D. GAWIN and M. WYRZYKOWSKI: Concrete at Early Ages and Beyond: Numerical Model and Validation; G.I. SCHÜELLER: Uncertainty & Reliability Analysis of Structural Dynamical Systems; Z. WASZCZYSZYN and L. ZIEMIANSKI: Neural Networks: New Results and Prospects of Applications in Structural Engineering; T. EKEVID, P. KETTIL, H. LANE and N.E. WIBERG: Computational Railway Dynamics; R. Lackner, R. Blab, J. Eberhardsteiner and H.A. Mang: Characterization and Multiscale Modeling of Asphalt – Recent Developments in Upscaling of Viscous and Strength Properties
