About the Book
This book features contributions from E.C. Aifantis, E. Aigner, A. Ammar, H. Askes, F.G. Barth, Y. Bazilevs, C.R. Bennett, T. Bennett, Z. Bittnar, H.J. Bohm, V.M. Calo, G. Cascon, J.M. Cascon, A.H.C. Chan, F. Chinesta, J.A. Cottrell, T.N. Croft, M. Cross, S. De, H.-E. Dechant, I. Doltsinis, J. Eberhardsteiner, A. Eriksson, J.M. Escobar, J. Evans, D. Eyheramendy, J.E. Gebhardt, I.M. Gitman, O. Harlen, B. HoA l, T.J.R. Hughes, M.S. Innocente, P.K. Jimack, R. Lackner, H. Lamari, S. Lipton, R.I. Mackie, M. Macri, H.A. Mang, D. McBride, R. Montenegro, G.P. Nikishkov, Y. Nishidate, J. Ou, F. Oudin-Dardun, B. Patzak, F.G. Rammerstorfer, N. Ranc, E. Rodriguez, M.A. Scott, T.W. Sederberg, J. Sienz, R. Tenchev, M.A. Walkley and M. Wistuba. This volume includes the invited lectures presented at the Sixth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology held in Athens, Greece, September 2008.
Table of Contents:
1. Isogeometric Analysis: Toward Unification of Computer Aided Design and Finite Element Analysis Y. Bazilevs, V.M. Calo, J.A. Cottrell, J. Evans, T.J.R. Hughes, S. Lipton, M.A. Scott and T.W. Sederberg 2. Object-Oriented Finite Elements: From Smalltalk to Java D. Eyheramendy and F. Oudin-Dardun 3. Finite Element Software Design for Today's Computers R.I. Mackie 4. Rheology and Simulation of Fresh Concrete Flow B. Patzak and Z. Bittnar 5. Finite Element Modelling of Two- and Three-Dimensional Viscoelastic Polymer Flows R. Tenchev, O. Harlen, P.K. Jimack and M.A. Walkley 6. Particle Swarm Optimization: Fundamental Study and its Application to Optimization and to Jetty Scheduling Problems J. Sienz and M.S. Innocente 7. Optimization Techniques in Human Movement Analysis A. Eriksson 8. Computational Modelling of Reactive Porous Media in Hydrometallurgy C.R. Bennett, D. McBride, M. Cross, T.N. Croft and J.E. Gebhardt 9. An Enrichment-Based Multiscale Partition of Unity Method M. Macri and S. De 10. A Multi-Scale Formulation of Gradient Elasticity and Its Finite Element Implementation H. Askes, T. Bennett, I.M. Gitman and E.C. Aifantis 11. Multiscale Assessment of Low-Temperature Performance of Flexible Pavements E. Aigner, R. Lackner, M. Wistuba, J. Eberhardsteiner and H.A. Mang 12. Advances in the Meccano Technique for Adaptive Tetrahedral Mesh Generation R. Montenegro, J.M. Cascon, E. Rodriguez, G. Cascon and J.M. Escobar 13. Atoms, Molecules and Flows: Recent Advances and New Challenges in their Multi-Scale Numerical Modeling at the Beginning of the Third Millenium F. Chinesta, A. Ammar, H. Lamari and N. Ranc 14. Continuum and Atomic-Scale Modeling of Self-Positioning Microstructures and Nanostructures G.P. Nikishkov and Y. Nishidate 15. Thermomechanical Deformation Processes of Rate Sensitive Solids: Material Issues and Stability I. Doltsinis 16. Computational Biomechanics of Sensory Organs in Spiders F.G. Rammerstorfer, B. Hossl, H.-E. Dechant, H.J. Bohm and F.G. Barth 17. Three-Dimensional Numerical Analysis of a Dynamic Structure, Saturated Soil and Pore Fluid Interaction Problem A.H.C. Chan and J. Ou
About the Author :
Manolis Papadrakakis is Professor at the Institute of Structural Analysis & Seismic Research, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.Barry Topping is Emeritus Professor of Computational Mechanics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland and Honorary Professor at the Pollack Mihaly Faculty of Engineering, University of Pecs, Hungary.
