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Preliminaries
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	1
2. Object-Oriented Finite Elements: From Smalltalk to Java, D. Eyheramendy and F. Oudin-Dardun	17
3. Finite Element Software Design for Today's Computers, R.I. Mackie	41
4. Rheology and Simulation of Fresh Concrete Flow, B. Patzák and Z. Bittnar	61
5. Finite Element Modelling of Two- and Three-Dimensional Viscoelastic Polymer Flows, R. Tenchev, O. Harlen, P.K. Jimack and M.A. Walkley	81
6. Particle Swarm Optimization: Fundamental Study and its Application to Optimization and to Jetty Scheduling Problems, J. Sienz and M.S. Innocente	103
7. Optimization Techniques in Human Movement Analysis, A. Eriksson	127
8. Computational Modelling of Reactive Porous Media in Hydrometallurgy, C.R. Bennett, D. McBride, M. Cross, T.N. Croft and J.E. Gebhardt	151
9. An Enrichment-Based Multiscale Partition of Unity Method, M. Macri and S. De	173
10. A Multi-Scale Formulation of Gradient Elasticity and Its Finite Element Implementation, H. Askes, T. Bennett, I.M. Gitman and E.C. Aifantis	189
11. Multiscale Assessment of Low-Temperature Performance of Flexible Pavements, E. Aigner, R. Lackner, M. Wistuba, J. Eberhardsteiner and H.A. Mang	209
12. Advances in the Meccano Technique for Adaptive Tetrahedral Mesh Generation, R. Montenegro, J.M. Cascón, E. Rodríguez, G. Cascón and J.M. Escobar	229
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	247
14. Continuum and Atomic-Scale Modeling of Self-Positioning Microstructures and Nanostructures, G.P. Nikishkov and Y. Nishidate	271
15. Thermomechanical Deformation Processes of Rate Sensitive Solids: Material Issues and Stability, I. Doltsinis	295
16. Computational Biomechanics of Sensory Organs in Spiders, F.G. Rammerstorfer, B. Hößl, H.-E. Dechant, H.J. Böhm and F.G. Barth	321
17. Three-Dimensional Numerical Analysis of a Dynamic Structure, Saturated Soil and Pore Fluid Interaction Problem, A.H.C. Chan and J. Ou	335
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