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The Eighth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology
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The Fifth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain 12-15 September 2006
Invited Lectures
Invited Plenary Lectures
- Computational Geometry as a Basis for Computational Structures Technology: A Look into the Future
Professor T.J.R. Hughes
Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences
University of Texas Austin
USA
- Ambient Intelligence and Its Potential for Future Learning and Virtual Product Creation Environments
Professor A.K. Noor
ODU - NASA Langley
Hampton, VA
USA
- Meshfree Methods: Are they going to be used in the Next Decade?
Professor A. Huerta
ETSI de Caminos, Univ. Poli de Catalunya
Barcelona
Spain
Invited Special Lectures
- Multi-Physics Couplings in Metal Forming Processes
Professor F. Bay
CEMEF/Ecole des Mines de Paris
Sophia Antipolis
Paris
- Virtual Reality Surgical Simulation: The Role of Computational Mechanics Techniques
Professor A.A. Becker
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
- Computational Investigation of Confined Turbulent Swirling Flows Exhibiting Vortex Breakdown
Professor A.C. Benim
Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences
Germany
- On the Evaluation and Application of the Modal Properties of Piezoelectric Adaptive Structures
Professor A. Benjeddou
High Institute of Mechanics
Paris
France
- Mesocopic Computational Tests for the Identification of Textile Composite Reinforcement Mechanical Behaviour
Professor P. Boisse
INSA de Lyon
France
- Tuned Mass Dampers in the Towers of Suspension Bridges
Professor F. Casciati
University of Pavia
Italy
- Numerical Modelling of Complex Fluids: State-of-the-Art, Recent Developments and New Challenges
Professor F. Chinesta
SERAM
Paris
France
- Numerical Modelling of Non-Linear Behaviour in Adhesively-Bonded Assemblies
Professor J.Y. Cognard
ENSIETA - MSN
Brest
France
- Using Mixed Discretisation Schemes in Multi-Physics Simulation
Professor M. Cross
University of Wales Swansea
Swansea
UK
- Vibration Monitoring for Damage Assessment: Realistic Expectations
Professor G. De Roeck
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Catholic University Leuven
Belgium
- Design Optimisation with Randomness: A Taylor Expansion Approach
Professor I. Doltsinis
University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Germany
- Numerical Simulations of Skeletal Muscle Mechanics
Professor A. Eriksson
KTH
Stockholm
Sweden
- Advances in Mesh Optimisation Based on Algebraic Quality Metrics
Dr J.M. Escobar Sánchez
ULPGC
Gran Canaria
Spain
- High Abstraction Level Frameworks for the Next Decade in Computational Mechanics
Dr D. Eyheramendy
ISTIL, University of Lyon 1
Villeurbanne
France
- Pipelines as Lifelines: Computational Problems and Methods
Professor M. Farshad
EMPA
Dubendorf
Switzerland
- Life-Cycle Maintenance of Structures by Condition, Reliability and Cost Oriented Probabilistic Optimization
Professor D.M. Frangopol
Dept. of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
USA
- Recent Advances in Modal Reduction of Vibrating Substructures
Professor D. Givoli
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa
Israel
- On the Computation of the Coefficients in a Fourier Series Expansion
Professor P. González-Vera
University of La Laguna
Tenerife
Spain
- Toward Virtual Certification of In-Flight Icing: A Pacing Item for CFD
Professor W.G. Habashi
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
- Uncertainty Modelling in Structural Design: Recent Developments
Professor P. Hajela
RPI
Troy, New York
USA
- Adaptive Impact Absorption
Professor J Holnicki-Szulte
JFTR
Warsaw
Poland
- The Role of Structural Mechanics in Multi-Scale Modelling of the Inelastic Behavior of Engineering Materials
Professor A. Ibrahimbegovic
Ecole Normale Sup. de Cachan
Cachan
France
- Application of the Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Method to Problems in Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication
Professor P.K. Jimack
University of Leeds
UK
- Enrichment Schemes and Accuracy of the Extended-Generalised Finite Element Method for Modelling Traction-Free and Cohesive Cracks
Professor B.L. Karihaloo
Cardiff School of Engineering
Cardiff University
UK
- Symmetry and Structures
Professor A. Kaveh
Iran University of Science & Technology
Tehran
Iran
- Spatial and Temporal Multiscale Simulations of Damage Processes for Concrete
Professor C. Koenke
Institute of Structural Mechanics
Bauhaus University Weimar
Germany
- Damage Indicators For Estimates of Seismic Vulnerability
Professor W.B. Kraetzig
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Germany
- A Combined Topological, Geometric, Statical and Stiffness Method to Compute the Stability of Pin-Jointed Structural Assemblies
Dr A.S.K. Kwan
Cardiff University
Cardiff
UK
- Isolation and Vibration Due to Urban Rail Traffic
Professor D. Le Houédec
Ecole Centrale of Nantes
France
- Computational Contact Mechanics: A Short Review
Professor F. Lebon
CNRS
Marseille
France
- Sub-Structuring Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems with Non-Matching Grids
Professor F. Magoules
IECN
Univ. Henri-Poincare-Nancy 1
France
- A Multi-Scale Computational Approach for the Fracture Behaviour of Quasi-Brittle Materials
Dr T J Massart
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Belgium
- Recent Advances in Modelling the Dynamic Response of Overhead Transmission Lines
Professor G. McClure
Mc Gill University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
- Dynamic Analysis of Viscoelastically Damped Structures
Professor G. Muscolino
University of Messina
Messina
Italy
- Instabilities Resulting from the Production Process of Plates and Shells
Professor F. G. Rammerstorfer
TU Wien
Vienna
Austria
- Non-Linear Vibration Modes of Plates and Shells
Dr P.L. Ribeiro
IDMEC - DEMEGI - FEUP
Porto
Portugal
- Robust Design of Composite Shells: Simulation and Validation
Professor Dr. -Ing. habil R. Rolfes
Institute of Structural Analysis
University of Hannover
Braunschweig, Germany
- Uncertainties in Structural Analysis
Professor G. Schueller
Institute of Engineering Mechanics
Innsbruck
Austria
- Fluid-Assisted Injection Moulding Simulation: Virtual Prototyping for Complex Parts
Dr J. Sienz
University of Wales
Swansea
UK
- General Purpose Finite Element Analysis Code vs. Specific Design and Analysis Requirements
Professor G.P. Steven
Strand7 Pty Ltd
Sydney
Australia
- Fractional Models: Sub and Super-Diffusives, and Undifferentiable Solutions
Professor J. Trujillo Jacinto del Castillo
University of La Laguna
Tenerife
Spain
- A Rectangular Layered Plate-Shell Element for Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Slabs at Elevated Temperature
Dr Y. X. Zhang
University of New South Wales
Sydney
Australia
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