DIANA Computational Mechanics ‘94, 1994 Proceedings of the First International Diana Conference on Computational Mechanics

Advances in computational mechanics can only be achieved on the basis of fruitful discussion between researchers and practising engineers. This has been achieved in the present publication, which contains all the papers presented at the first International DIANA Conference on Computational Mechanics. Nearly all papers show the results of calculations achieved with the DIANA^TM Finite Element System.
Broadly, the book follows the line of research from the material level, via the element level, to the structural level. But it should be emphasised that much current research passes from one level to the other, and such an interaction is also reflected here.
The following domains are treated:

• (hyper)elasticity, (visco)plasticity and cracking;
• (enriched) damaging continua models;
• material experiments vs. computational models;
• stochastic approaches;
• fluid--structure interactions;
• element technology;
• geometrical nonlinearity and structural instability;
• nonlinear dynamics;
• solution procedures.

Some Future Directions in Computational Failure Mechanics.- Recent Developments in Nonlinear Dynamics of Mechanical Systems.- The Loss of the Sleipner Condeep Platform.- Computing in Engineering Practice what will the Future Hold?.- Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Members under High Temperature.- Concrete Mechanics Aspects as Background for Structural Modeling.- A Topological Approach to Modeling Arbitrary Crack Propagation in 3D.- The Estimation of Material Parameters of a Fluid-Solid Mixture.- On Stochastic Descriptions for Damage Evolution in Quasi-Brittle Materials.- The Delft Egg Model, a Constitutive Model for Clay.- On Structural Analysis of Road Pavements.- Viscous Regularization of Strain-Localisation for Damaging Materials.- A Finite Element Formulation of Muscle Contraction.- Size Effect Predictions by Fracture Models for a Refractory Ceramic.- Porous Media Mechanics.- A Scalar Damage Model Applied to Concrete.- The Modelling of Finite Deformation Elasticity and Plasticity.- Dynamic Failure in Reinforced Concrete Structures.- FE-Simulation of the Wedge-Splitting Test on High Strength Concrete (HSC).- Application and Experimental Verification of DIANA for Acousto-Elastic Problems.- Numerical Simulation of Forming Processes, Using an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Finite Element Method.- Consistent Formulation of a Triangular Finite Rotation Shell Element.- Three-Dimensional Elastoplastic Calculations Utilising Different Element Types.- Finite Element Reliability Methods Using DIANA.- A DIANA-Element for the Dynamic Analysis of Laminate Plates.- Reliable Recovery of Stress Resultants.- Mode-Reduction Applied to Initial Post-Buckling Behaviour.- Clustering of Elements in EBE-Preconditioners.- Algorithms for the Parallel Direct Solution of Sparse LinearSystems.- Design and Analysis of a Prestressed Concrete Box Girder.- Punching Shear of Reinforced Concrete Plates.- Extreme Bending of Concrete Coated Offshore Pipelines.- Analyses of Shear-Wall Panels with a Composite Plasticity Model.- Assessment of a Strategy for the Detailed Analysis of Masonry Structures.- FE Analysis in Road Pavement Design in the Netherlands.- Study of Steel Bar Corrosion by Experimental and Analytical Simulation.- 3D Nonlinear Analysis of Composite Slabs.- Author Index.