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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 54
ADVANCES IN FINITE ELEMENT PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping

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Preliminaries
1ELEMENT TECHNOLOGY  
1.1 Element Formulations from Symbolic Manipulation
A. Eriksson and C. Pacoste
1
1.2 Special Kink and Fold Elements for Simulating Parachute Dynamics
K. Lu, J.W. Leonard, M.L. Accorsi, R. Benney and K. Stein
15
1.3 On General Shell Finite Elements and Mathematical Shell Models
D. Chapelle and K.-J. Bathe
25
1.4 On the Linear Analysis of Plates and Shells using a New Sixteen DOF Flat Shell Element
J.L. Batoz, F. Hammadi, C. Zheng and W. Zhong
31
1.5 A Unified Approach for Shear Locking Free Triangular and Rectangular Shell Finite Elements
K.-U. Bletzinger and M. Bischoff
43
1.6 A Mixed Formulation for General Triangular Isoparametric Shell Elements based on the Degenerated Solid Approach
M.L. Bucalem and S.H.S. da Nobrega
53
1.7 Discrete Reissner-Mindlin Plate and Shell Elements
R. Sydenstricker and L. Landau
63
2ANALYSIS OF PLATES  
2.1 On the Buckling of Plates under Global Tension
N. Friedl, F.G. Rammerstorfer and F.D. Fischer
73
2.2 High Continuity Finite Element Formulation for the Analysis of Shear Deformable Plates
A. Bilotta and R. Casciaro
79
3MESH GENERATION, ERROR ESTIMATION AND ADAPTIVITY  
3.1 Hierarchical Generation of Unstructured Meshes over Free-Form Polyhedra
S. Maza, F. Noel, J.C. Leon and F. Sillion
85
3.2 Error Estimation of Degenerated Shell Elements
S.H. Lo and C.K. Lee
95
3.3 Error Estimation and h-Adaptivity for Eigenfrequency Analysis of Plates in Bending
N.E. Wiberg and P. Hager
101
3.4 An Optimal Adaptive Refinement Strategy for Full Three Dimensional Finite Element Analysis
S.H. Lo and C.K. Lee
109
3.5 An Adaptive h-Hierarchical Finite Element System
A. Deeks
115
3.6 The Use of Residuals to Detect Errors and Anomalies in Thick Plate Bending Elements
D.J. Robinson, R.W. McCune and C.G. Armstrong
125
3.7 Dynamic Non-Linear h-Adaptive Analysis
R.C.C. Silva, L. Landau and F.L.B. Ribeiro
135
3.8 About Automatisation of Viscoplastic Analysis: Piloting and Quality Control
J.P. Pelle and D. Ryckelynck
143
3.9 Geometry Adaption of Polyhedral Models based on Mechanical Criterion
L. Fine, L. Remondini and J.-C. Leon
159
4CRACK MODELLING WITH ADAPTION  
4.1 Improved Crack Simulation by Automatic Mesh Generation
M. Schölmann, F. Neugebauer, B. May, S. Blazy and M. Fulland
169
5MODELLING OF REINFORCED CONCRETE  
5.1 Advanced Nonlinear Analysis of 3D Reinforced Concrete Frames
B.A. Izzuddin and D. Lloyd Smith
181
5.2 Elasto-Plasticity with Polyhedral Yield Surfaces in the Element Nodal Force Space
E. Anderheggen, G. Glanzer and P. Steffen
187
5.3 A Hypoelasticity Model for Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Structures
M.A. Shayanfar and M.S. Mirza
195
5.4 Nonlinear Stress-Strain Behaviour of RC Beams in Non-Stationary Temperature Field
M. Cvetkovska and L. Lazarov
205
6PLASTIC AND ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND MODELLING  
6.1 Limit Analysis of Jointed Media using Finite Elements and Linear Programming
H.S. Yu and S.W. Sloan
215
6.2 On Numerical Simulation of Cyclic Elastoplastic Deformation Processes of Shell Structures
J. Soric, Z. Tonkovic and W.B. Kraetzig
221
7MODELLING OF MASONRY STRUCTURES  
7.1 A Numerical Model for the Behaviour of Masonry under Elevated Temperatures
M.E. O'Gara, D.J. O'Connor and A. Nadjai
229
8DYNAMIC ANALYSIS  
8.1 Non-Linear Buckling Response of a Conical Shell Panel
G.T. Michaltsos, D.S. Sophianopoulos and T.G. Konstandakopoul
239
9MATERIALS MODELLING  
9.1 Assessment of the Use of Finite Element Creep Steady State Stresses for Predicting the Creep Life of Welded Pipes
T.H. Hyde, W. Sun and A.A. Becker
247
9.2 Accurate Stress Return Strategies for Hardening-Softening Plasticity
B. Tahar and R.S. Crouch
253
9.3 The Adjoint State Method Applied to Material Identification through Indentation Test
A. Constantinescu and N. Tardieu
261
10MATERIALS MODELLING - GEOTECHNICAL  
10.1 Mixed Three Field Formulation of Two Phase Medium in Dynamic Elastoplastic Kinematic Hardening
A. Kaddouri and P.K. Woodward
269
10.2 Application of Porous Media Modelling with Finite Element Formulation Mixture Theory
I. Terlinden and L. Laemmer
275
10.3 Simulation of the Dynamic Compaction Process of Unsaturated Soils
N. Ekrami-Nasab, J. Oliphant and P.K. Woodward
283
11FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEMS  
11.1 Investigating the Fibre Configuration in Confined Channel Flow with Recirculations
L.X. Kong and R.A. Platfoot
291

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