Computational Mechanics, Volume 2

Y.K. Cheung (Edited by) , J.H.W. Lee (Edited by) , A.Y.T. Leung (Edited by), all University of Hong Kong.

• Solid mechanics; Crack and fracture; J-integral sensitivities to geometry and stress-strain behaviour in shallow edge-cracked bars under tension;Fracture in strain-softening media using nonlocal continuum FE modelling; An endochronic damage constitutive model of rock; Analogue of crack development in concrete structures; Dynamic fracture analysis of stiffened panel by Finite Difference Method; New computational methodology for modelling of the MDFB formation mechanisms in solid-state materials with real compound hierarchical architecture; Numerical simulation of crack propagation behaviour in 3D body; Crack propagation analysis using Boundary Element Method; Simulation of dynamic deformation and fracture in solids; Using the Bessel Integration Equation to solve the orthotropic plate with crack problem in equivalent space; A method for estimating the fracture strength of a composite pressure vessel; Numerical solution of a torsion bar containing cavity or rigid inclusion; A new analytical technique for the linear hardening material with a surface crack; Composite materials; Invited lecture: Mechanics of composites of multiple scales; Compressive-shear stability and postbuckling analysis of composite laminated panels; The effect of material nonlinearity on thermally induced interlaminar stresses in composite Laminates; Finite element modelling of the development of secondary stresses in multi-axial plasticity ; Finite element analysis of temperature field in axisymmetrical laminated shell; A new finite element method for interlaminar stress analysis of composite laminates at free Edge; Modelling of laminated composite plates and shells using a layer-wise shell theory; Analysis of laminated glass units; Analysis of edge effects in metal matrix angle-ply laminates; An investigation into improving the prediction of transverse shear stresses of laminated; composite plates; Stresses in adhesive-bonded joints made of orthotropic materials subjected to thermal and external loads; The use of boundary collocation method for fracture problems; Computational methods; FEM, boundary elements; Mesh!grid generation; Fluid mechanics. Keynote lectures; Computational fluid dynamics algorithms and codes developed for WIPP site simulations; Computational turbomachine thermo-aerodynamics and three-dimensional blade design of subsonic and transonic turbomachines; Navier Stokes Equations; Unsteady/viscous flows; Compressible and two-phase flows; Waves and geophysical flows; Miscellaneous topics - Industrial flows; Supplement.