Engineering Software III : Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, Imperial College, London, England. April 1983

These proceedings contain the papers presented at the Third International Conference and Exhibition on Engineering Software held at Imperial College, London during the period April 11th - 13th, 1983. I must thank again the authors who submitted the large numbers of papers which made selection a difficult task. The theme of the conference is the use and application of computers in engineering. Many abbreviations have been invented to describe the use of computers from CAD, CAM, CADMAT etc. but the term which best describes the scope of the conference is Computer Aided Engineering, CAE. The papers have been split into sections covering different application areas such as Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering. Other sections cover techniques such as Finite Elements, Boundary Elements and General Simu lation. An important session at the conference was the new field of engineering databases and as in past conferences the special sessions were devoted to microcomputers. R.A. ADEY (EDITOR) ENGINEERING SOFTWARE DESIGN 3 MENU INPUT GENERATING SYSTEM FOR THE FORTRAN PROGRAMS I. Kovacic Institute of Structural and Earthquake Engineering Department of Civil Engineering University "Edvard Kardelj" of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia INTRODUCTION Although fortran Is losing competition with the new languages it Is still very used programming language, especially in the technical software production. Technical tasks are not to be described by a lot of data usually, as in business applications.

Engineering Software Design.- Menu Input Generating System for the FORTRAN Programs.- The Criteria for Selecting an Application Package.- Hydraulics.- Program Package used for Optimal Control of the DJERDAP Hydropower System.- Development of a Solute Transport Model for Multi-Layer Groundwater Basin.- Microcomputer Applications to Design of the Low Head Pumped Hydro System at River Site.- Computer Programs for Risk Optimization in Water Resources.- A Real Time River Flow Forecasting System.- Software Design for a Versatile Flood Frequency Analysis.- An Interactive Package with Graphic Facilities.- Micro Computer Controlled Laboratory Tests on a Storm Water Overflow Chamber.- Simulation.- A Theoric-Experimental Computer Aided Method for the Prediction of Overhead Line Dynamic Behaviour at High Speed.- Micro-Computers: A New Simulation Program for Truck Travel Time in Open Pit Mines.- CAPS: A Simulator of Shovel-Truck System in Open Pit Mines Using a Micro-Computer.- Chemical Process Calculations Using the Mini Des Programs.- Software Aspects of a Multi-Microprocessor Simulation System.- The Application of Goal Programming for Determination of Optimal Concrete Mixes.- A Computer Program for Time Series Analysis, Matrix Operations, and Data Manipulation.- Numerical Analysis of Energy Dissipating Devices by an Explicit Time Integration Procedure.- Boundary Elements.- Applying Analytical Functions to Define Special Boundary Elements in a Elasto-Plastic Problem with Singularities Idealized by Finite Elements.- BEASY A Boundary Element Analysis System.- C.A.E. Information, Education and Experience.- Microcomputer Based Computer Aided Design System Applications in Engineering Education.- Computer Aided Engineering — the Educational Environment.- The Clearing House for Engineering Software.- Civil Engineering.- Models for the Prediction of Forces Induced in Offshore Platform Cranes During Lifting.- Mathematical Modelling of the Load Bearing Characteristics of a Dynamically Driven Pile.- FREEWALL — A Membrane Retaining Wall Design Package for Micro-Computers.- Civil Engineering Design Programs for Microcomputers.- Solving Concrete Cracking Problems with a General Purpose Finite Element Program.- Computation of Pile-Head Impedances by the Transfer Matrix Method.- Bills of Quantities at a Stroke.- The Variational Inequality Method on Contact Problems and its Application Software.- Use of Microcomputer to Determine Slip-Line Fields for Strip Footings.- Microcomputer Analysis of Prefabricated Turbular Scaffolding.- Structural Engineering — Microcomputer Applications.- Practical Application of Micro Computers in a Structural Consultancy.- Concise Equations and Program for Exact Eigensolutions of Plane Frames Including Member Shear.- The Use of Micro-Computers in the Elastic Analysis of Multi-Cell Structures.- MABEL — A Micro-Computer Program for the Modal Analysis of Buildings Under Earthquake Loads.- Vibration Analysis of Elastic Rotational Shells Using Micro-Computers.- Computer Aided Static and Fatigue Full-Scale Tests: Possible Applications of Desktop Computers.- VPCREEP — Finite Element Analysis Computer Code for Concrete Structures Subjected to the Combined Influence of CREEP, Sustained and Time-Varying Temperatures.- Structural Engineering.- An Extension of the Continuous Medium Method for Interconnected Shear Walls.- BAVOMU: A Computer Program Devoted to Multiple-Arch Dams.- Computer System SYNAR for Nonlinear Analysis of Frames and Beams.- Analysis of Plane Reinforced Concrete Structures According to Second Order Theory.- A Technique to Predict the Post Cracking Behaviour of RCC Plated Structures.- Mechanical Engineering.- A General Program for the Optimum Synthesis of Plane Mechanisms.- A General Program for the Solution of Non-Linear Problems in Kinematic Analysis of Mechanisms.- GRAFFIC — A Computer Package for the Interactive Graphical Representation of Fluid-Flow Phenomena.- PHOENICS: A General-Purpose Program for Fluid-Flow, Heat-Transfer and Chemical-Reaction Processes.- Computer Aided Piping System at Engineers India.- High-Speed Control and Data Acquisition System for a Novel Combustion Rig.- P.A.I.D. — An Interactive Graphic Package to Support Piping Analysis.- Resolution of the Static and Dynamic Problem in Elastic Cables Through a Variational Principle.- CAD/CAM.- Computer Aided Design of Interior Artificial Lighting of Buildings.- The Software Interface Between CAD and CAM.- Modified Parametric Lagrangian Interpolation for CAD.- Latest Advances in Computer Aided Design for the Process Industries.- Development Aspects of a Small C.A.D. System.- Data Parametrization in a Pre-Processor for Computer Aided Design of Electromagnetic Devices.- Experience with Computer Aids for Routing Pipes — Isoroute.- Databases.- The Further Development of a Geotechnical/Geological Database.- A Microcomputer Orientated Material Property Database for Process Engineering and Design.- A Virtual Storage Data Management System for Finite Element Analysis on Micro’s.- Network Data Management System General Architecture and Implementation Principles.- An Integrated Approach to Laboratory Data Management, Processing and Display.- An Engineering Data Management System for Computer Aided Design.- Finite Elements.- A Plate Bending Elasto-Plasto Equivalent Grid Finite Element.- An Applications Software Library for Finite Element Analysis.- An Interactive Approach to Control Nonlinear Finite Element Solution Procedures.- Design by Analysis and the Finite Element System FINEL.- A Description of the BERSAFE System.- Fluid Mechanics Using Finite Elements.- Finite Element Upsetting Analysis of a Ring: An Incremental Solution to the Contact Problem.- Automatic Generation of Hybrid and Displacement-Type Finite Elements.- Design of Structural Continua by Finite Element Analysis of Equilibrium Models.- Finite Element Analysis with Micro-Computers.- The FEGS Pre-Processor FEMGEN.- The FEGS post-processor FEMVIEW.- A Computer Code for Finite Element Analysis with an Engineering Data Base.- A Computer Package for the Optimization of Welding Processes.- Calculation of Steady-State Stresses in Continuous Prestressed Concrete Beam Structures Subjected to Creep and Cyclic Temperatures.