Computer Methods in Mechanics Lectures of the CMM 2009 [Paperback]

Prominent scientists present the latest achievements in computational methods and mechanics in this book. These lectures were held at the CMM 2009 conference.

Prominent scientists present the latest achievements in computational methods and mechanics in this book. These lectures were held at the CMM 2009 conference.

Mathematical Methods.- Explicit Discrete Dispersion Relations for the Acoustic Wave Equation in d-Dimensions Using Finite Element, Spectral Element and Optimally Blended Schemes.- hp-Adaptive Finite Elements for Coupled Multiphysics Wave Propagation Problems.- Nonconvex Inequality Models for Contact Problems of Nonsmooth Mechanics.- Quadrature for Meshless Methods.- Shape and Topology Sensitivity Analysis for Elastic Bodies with Rigid Inclusions and Cracks.- A Boundary Integral Equation on the Sphere for High-Precision Geodesy.- Unresolved Problems of Adaptive Hierarchical Modelling and hp-Adaptive Analysis within Computational Solid Mechanics.- Soft Computing and Optimization.- Granular Computing in Evolutionary Identification.- Immune Computing: Intelligent Methodology and Its Applications in Bioengineering and Computational Mechanics.- Bioinspired Algorithms in Multiscale Optimization.- Sensor Network Design for SpatioTemporal Prediction of Distributed Parameter Systems.- Multiscale Methods.- A Multiscale Molecular Dynamics / Extended Finite Element Method for Dynamic Fracture.- Nonlinear Finite Element and Atomistic Modelling of Dislocations in Heterostructures.- Accuracy and Robustness of a 3-D Brick Cosserat Point Element (CPE) for Finite Elasticity.- Possibilities of the Particle Finite Element Method in Computational Mechanics.- A Framework for the Two-Scale Homogenization of Electro-Mechanically Coupled Boundary Value Problems.- Geomechanics.- Modeling Concrete at Early Age Using Percolation.- Simulation of Incompressible Problems in Geomechanics.- Effect of Boundary, Shear Rate and Grain Crushing on Shear LolG