Finite Element Methods for Nonlinear Problems: Proceedings of the Europe-Us Symposium the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim Norway, August (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

I: Fundamental Problems.- On the accuracy and efficiency of numerical algorithms for geometrically nonlinear structural analysis.- Large rotations in problems of structural mechanics.- Kinematic and dynamic analysis of mechanisms a finite element approach based on Euler parameters.- A discussion of Cauchy stress formulations for large strain analysis.- II: Nonlinear Materials.- Distributed cracking and nonlocal continuum.- On the numerical simulation of tensile fracture.- Stability and uniqueness of strain-softening computations.- An endochronic approach and other topics in small and finite deformation computational elasto-plasticity.- Elastoplastic material laws with linear yield conditions.- On large strain elasto-plastic and creep analysis.- Dynamic soil-structure interaction with constitutive modelling for soils and interfaces.- III: Frames, Plates and Shells.- Analysis procedure for space frames with material and geometrical nonlinearities.- Nonlinear finite element analysis of offshore structures.- Constraints for stresses in hybrid plate and shell elements.- A family of C0 shell elements based on generalized Hrennikoff's Method and assumed natural-coordinate strains.- Elastic-plastic and geometrically nonlinear analysis of plates and shells using a new nine node element.- Improved spurious mode control through mixed variational principles.- Nonlinear shell analysis using free formulation finite elements.- Ultimate load analysis of thin shells under pressure loads.- Computational procedures for postbuckling of composite shells.- IV: Solution techniques and computer methods.- Reduction method for the nonlinear analysis of symmetric anisotropic panels.- Global constraints in nonlinear solution strategies.- On some efficient solution algorithms for nonlinear finite element analysis.- Nice: a utility architecture for computational mechanics.- Implementation of a modified Hughes-Liu shell into a fully vectorized explicit finite element code.- Adaptive substructuring techniques for finite element analysis with localized nonlinearities.- V: Dynamics.- Improvements in transient dynamic time integration with application to spent nuclear fuel shipping cask impact analyses.- Nonlinear dynamic analysis of shell structures using general single step algorithms.- Dynamic quasi-bifurcations in structures subjected to step loadings.- Finite strip analysis of blast loaded plates.- Simplified dynamic analysis of civil engineering structures.- VI: Reinforced concrete.- Some aspects of modelling reinforced concrete structures by finite elements.- Development and application of a gradient-dependent fracture criterion for finite-element analysis of reinforced-concrete surface structures.- A finite element technique for analysis of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.- Nonlinear analysis of concrete and masonry structures.- Finite element analysis of the nonlinear response of concrete dams subjected to internal loads.- VII: Contact Problems.- On the influence of contact boundary conditions on the stability of shell structures under follower loads.- Nonlinear analysis of shells of revolution including contact conditions.- Finite element postbuckling analysis of shells with nonlinear contact constraints.- Augmented Lagrangian techniques for solving frictionless contact problems in finite elasticity.- VIII: Fluids.- Entropy-stable finite element methods for compressible fluids: application to high Mach number flows with shocks.- Analysis on a Taylor weak-statement algorithm for CFD applications.- An optimal 3D finite element for incompressible media.- A spectral element method for solution of the two- and three-dimensional time-dependent incompressible Navier-Stokes equations.