Computational Methods for Solids and Fluids: Multiscale Analysis, Probability Aspects and Model Reduction

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Multiscale Analysis as a Central Component of Urban Physics Modeling....Pages 1-27
A Path-Following Method Based on Plastic Dissipation Control....Pages 29-47
Improved Implicit Immersed Boundary Method via Operator Splitting....Pages 49-66
Modelling Wave Energy Conversion of a Semi-submerged Heaving Cylinder....Pages 67-79
Multiscale Modeling of Imperfect Interfaces and Applications....Pages 81-122
A Stochastic Multi-scale Approach for Numerical Modeling of Complex Materials—Application to Uniaxial Cyclic Response of Concrete....Pages 123-160
Relating Structure and Model....Pages 161-183
Fat Latin Hypercube Sampling and Efficient Sparse Polynomial Chaos Expansion for Uncertainty Propagation on Finite Precision Models: Application to 2D Deep Drawing Process....Pages 185-213
Multiscale Atomistic-to-Continuum Reduced Models for Micromechanical Systems....Pages 215-243
Inverse Problems in a Bayesian Setting....Pages 245-286
Heterogeneous Materials Models, Coupled Mechanics-Probability Problems and Energetically Optimal Model Reduction....Pages 287-313
Modelling of Internal Fluid Flow in Cracks with Embedded Strong Discontinuities....Pages 315-341
Reliability Calculus on Crack Propagation Problem with a Markov Renewal Process....Pages 343-378
Multi-scale Simulation of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Multi-phase Flows....Pages 379-398
Numerical Modeling of Flow-Driven Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Devices....Pages 399-426
Comparison of Numerical Approaches to Bayesian Updating....Pages 427-461
Two Models for Hydraulic Cylinders in Flexible Multibody Simulations....Pages 463-493