DIANA Computational Mechanics ‘94

Some Future Directions in Computational Failure Mechanics.- Recent Developments in Nonlinear Dynamics of Mechanical Systems.- The Loss of the Sleipner Condeep Platform.- Computing in Engineering Practice what will the Future Hold?.- Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Members under High Temperature.- Concrete Mechanics Aspects as Background for Structural Modeling.- A Topological Approach to Modeling Arbitrary Crack Propagation in 3D.- The Estimation of Material Parameters of a Fluid-Solid Mixture.- On Stochastic Descriptions for Damage Evolution in Quasi-Brittle Materials.- The Delft Egg Model, a Constitutive Model for Clay.- On Structural Analysis of Road Pavements.- Viscous Regularization of Strain-Localisation for Damaging Materials.- A Finite Element Formulation of Muscle Contraction.- Size Effect Predictions by Fracture Models for a Refractory Ceramic.- Porous Media Mechanics.- A Scalar Damage Model Applied to Concrete.- The Modelling of Finite Deformation Elasticity and Plasticity.- Dynamic Failure in Reinforced Concrete Structures.- FE-Simulation of the Wedge-Splitting Test on High Strength Concrete (HSC).- Application and Experimental Verification of DIANA for Acousto-Elastic Problems.- Numerical Simulation of Forming Processes, Using an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Finite Element Method.- Consistent Formulation of a Triangular Finite Rotation Shell Element.- Three-Dimensional Elastoplastic Calculations Utilising Different Element Types.- Finite Element Reliability Methods Using DIANA.- A DIANA-Element for the Dynamic Analysis of Laminate Plates.- Reliable Recovery of Stress Resultants.- Mode-Reduction Applied to Initial Post-Buckling Behaviour.- Clustering of Elements in EBE-Preconditioners.- Algorithms for the Parallel Direct Solution of Sparse Linear Systems.- Design and Analysis of a Prestressed Concrete Box Girder.- Punching Shear of Reinforced Concrete Plates.- Extreme Bending of Concrete Coated Offshore Pipelines.- Analyses of Shear-Wall Panels with a Composite Plasticity Model.- Assessment of a Strategy for the Detailed Analysis of Masonry Structures.- FE Analysis in Road Pavement Design in the Netherlands.- Study of Steel Bar Corrosion by Experimental and Analytical Simulation.- 3D Nonlinear Analysis of Composite Slabs.- Author Index.