IUTAM Symposium on Discretization Methods in Structural Mechanics

• Recovery Procedures in Error Estimation and Adaptivity.- Integrated Solution- and Model-Adaptivity in Finite-Element-Analysis of Plates and Shells.- Three-Dimensional Shell Formulation and Elements for Large Deformations.- An Adaptive Finite Element Method for Large Deformation Frictional Contact Problems.- Adaptive Methods for Nonlinear FE Analysis of Thin-Walled Structures.- Efficient Discretisation Methods for the Numerical Simulation in Geomechanics.- Traversing Limit Points in Nonlinear Structural Analysis Using Efficient Iterative Equation Solvers.- Computation of Global Equilibrium Paths.- New Thin Plate and Shell Triangles with Translational Degrees of Freedom Only.- Finite Elements with Nonlinear Statics and Dynamics.- Numerical Treatment of the Dynamic Soil-Structure-Fluid Interaction of Unanchored Liquid Storage Tanks.- Control of Global Relative Error of Spatial-Temporal Discretization in Dynamic Analysis.- Nonlinear Structural Dynamic Analysis by a Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method.- Seismic Response of Concrete Gravity Dams — A Continuum Damage Mechanics Approach.- On Non-Linear Static and Dynamic Thin Shell Analysis.- Numerically Efficient Formulation of the Equations of Motion of Tethered Satellite Systems.- A Field Boundary Element Formulation for Axisymmetric Finite Strain Elastoplasticity.- On the Computation of Derivatives up to the Boundary and Recovery Techniques in BEM.- Parallel Computing with Free Mesh Method: Virtually Meshless FEM.- Multigrid Approach to Adaptive Analysis of B.V. Problems by the Meshless GFDM.- Hybrid-Trefftz Finite Element Formulations Based on the Fundamental Solution.- Hybrid Neural-Network/Computational Programs to the Analysis of Elastic-Plastic Structures.- Crack Detection by Elastostatic Measurements.-Recent Advances in Sensitivity Analysis for Nonlinear Structural Mechanics Problems.- Some Aspects of FEM Application for Sensitivity Analysis of Quasi-Brittle Fracture Conditions.- A Symmetric Coupled FE-BE Method for Vibrating Structures Interacting with an Acoustic Fluid.- Dynamic Inelastic Soil-Structure Interaction Using a Hybrid BEM/FEM Scheme.- Application of the Finite Element Method to the Analysis of Automobile Tires.- Automated Multiscale Fracture Analysis.- Multiscale Treatment of Inhomogeneous Materials by Finite Elements.- Global Non-Linear Behaviour of Periodic Composite Materials.- Discretization Concepts for Solid — Solid Phase Transforming Materials.- Strategies for the Finite Element Analysis of Nonlinear Composite Structures.- Composite Beam Dynamics Under Conditions of Inelastic Interface Slip.- Finite Element Analysis of Delamination Growth.- Numerical Solution of Problems of Cyclic Plasticity.- Performance of Enhanced Low-Order Elements for Plastic Continua.- Mesh Alignment Strategy for Localisation Problems.- Finite Strain Elastoplasticity with Finite Elements Applied to Industrial Forming-Modelling and Discretization Problems.- Numerical Simulation of Inelastic Structural Crack-Damage.- Aspects of Large-Strain Thermoplastic Analysis of Shell-Like Structures.- Finite Element Models of Multifactoral Physico Mechanical Problems.- Concluding Remarks.

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