EPMESC VII. International Conference on Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science, 2–5 August 1999, Macao

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
NOTE FROM THE EDITORS, Pages v-vi, E. Arantes e Oliveira, João Bento, Eduardo Pereira
PREFACE, Pages vii-ix, Eduardo R. de Arantes e Oliveira
FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF CONTINUOUS CASTING, Pages 3-12, S. Cescotto, A.M. Habraken, F. Pascon, F. Labory, M. Bourdouxhe
STUDIES ON POROUS FRACTURING SOLIDS, Pages 13-22, Ioannis Doltsinis, Rainer Dattke
MICROCOMPUTER-BASED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS AND HOMOGENIZATION ANALYSIS FOR SEEPAGE POBLEM IN BENTONITE IN PURE- AND SALT-WATER, Pages 23-39, Y. Ichikawa, K. Kawamura, M. Nakano, T. Seiki, T. Taniguchi
PARADIGM SHIFT IN COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS, Page 41, Tadahiko Kawai
SIMULATIONS OF FLUIDS AND SOLIDS BY MULTI-SCALE MESHFREE METHODS, Pages 43-52, Wing Kam Liu, Shaofan Li, Wei Hao
SURFACE SUBSIDENCE MODELS INCLUDING CAPILLARY EFFECTS IN HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS, Pages 53-61, B.A. Schrefler, L. Simoni
PERFORMANCE BASED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, Pages 63-73, I.F.C. Smith
VARIABLE TIME STEP INTEGRATION OF EQUATIONS OF MOTION, Pages 75-88, S. Valliappan, K.K. Ang
CALCULATING THE MODES FROM DYNAMIC STIFFNESS MATRIX ANALYSIS OF PIECEWISE CONTINUOUS STRUCTURES, Pages 89-99, F.W. Williams, Si Yuan
H∞ CONTROL AND EIGENVALUE PRECISE INTEGRATION, Pages 101-115, W.X. Zhong
NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF A SUBLINEAR SINGULAR BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEM, Pages 119-129, M.P. Carpentier, P.M. Lima
ON A METHOD WITH REGULARIZATION ON THE KERNEL OF THE OPERATOR FOR SOLVING OF SIGNORINI'S PROBLEM, Pages 131-140, A.Ya. Zolotukhin
PRECISE INTEGRATION METHOD FOR LQG OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM, Pages 141-148, Wan-Xie Zhong, Zhi-Qin Cai
THE OPERATIVE EVALUATION OF ROTOR UNBALANCE WITHOUT TESTS, Pages 149-156, Yu.L. Menshikov
APPROXIMATION SOLVABILITY OF HOT ROLLING PROBLEM WITH SCM MODEL, Pages 157-165, Shuni Song, Xianghua Liu, Guodong Wang
SOLVING COMPLEX DYNAMIC SYSTEMS WITH MATLAB IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROBLEMS, Pages 167-175, Manoel L. de Aguiar, Marcelo M. Cad
COMPUTER ASSISTED OPERATION OF ASDEX UPGRADE REFLECTOMETRY DIAGNOSTIC, Pages 179-187, V. Grossmann, J. Santos, P. Varela, M. Manso, M. Tavares, S. Vergamota, F. Silva, L. Cupido, L. Meneses, F. Serra, A. Silva
SOME APPROACHES TO NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE POLYMER COMPOSITE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, Pages 189-198, Yuri Yanovsky, Yulia Karnet, Vitold Zgaevskii
SURFACE PROPERTIES OF ITO THIN FILMS USING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY IMAGE PROCESSING, Pages 199-207, A. Amaral, P. Brogueira, C. Nunes de Carvalho, G. Lavareda
3-D STRESS CONCENTRATION OF SOLID WITH TWO CIRCULAR HOLES, Pages 211-223, Zongshu Tian, Lu Gao, Zhen Sun
FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION OF 2-D PROBLEMS BY ANISOTROPIC DAMAGE MECHANICS, Pages 225-232, Cui Deyu, Khalid M. Tahir, Zhang Xing
DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF FREE ROTORS: A ROTORDYNAMIC APPROACH, Pages 233-242, G. Genta, E. Brusa, C. Delprete
SIMULATION OF RIBBED-STRIP ROLLING BY 3-D RIGID VISCO-PLASTIC FEM, Pages 243-251, Z.Y. Jiang, S.W. Xiong, X.H. Liu, G.D. Wang
THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS FOR MINTING BIMETALLIC FOILED COINS, Pages 253-262, J.M.C. Rodrigues, P.A.F. Martins
CONSTRUCTION OF FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTIONS WITH FINITE STRESS CONCENTRATION AT THE CRACK TIP FOR PLANE PROBLEMS, Pages 263-272, K. Fujii, Y. Abe, H. Suhara, Y. Murase, S.J. Duan, K. Nakagawa
A NEW APPROACH FOR SOLVING DYNAMICAL STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR KII(t) OF ORTHOTROPIC PLATES, Pages 273-278, Tian Zongrou, Sun Zhen, Li Zhiye
STRENGTH ANALYSES OF A DUAL-DROP CAPSULE (I), Pages 279-288, Zongshu Tian, Lu Gao, Xiaoqian Zhang
THE ESTIMATION OF COLLAPSE LOAD OF PLATES BY HIERARCHICAL C0–PLATE ELEMENT, Pages 291-301, W.S. Jung, J.H. Park, C.K. Hur, K.S. Woo
SOLUTION OF VIBRATION PROBLEMS OF KIRCHHOFF'S PLATE USING A BEM FORMULATION, Pages 303-308, Zhao Manyang
SOLVING PROBLEMS OF THIN PLATE ON ELASTIC FOUNDATION BY BEM WITH MACRO ELEMENT, Pages 309-315, Zhao Manyang
THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF FLAT ROLLING BY A COMBINED FINITE ELEMENT-BOUNDARY ELEMENT APPROACH, Pages 317-326, Xiong Shangwu, Liu Xianghua, J.M.C. Rodrigues, P.A.F. Martins
ADAPTIVITY IN SPACE-TIME FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS, Pages 327-333, M. Morandi Cecchi, F. Marcuzzi
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF COMPOSITE BEAM STRUCTURES, Pages 335-344, J.B. Cardoso, L.G. Sousa, J.A. Castro, A.J. Valido
LINE ELEMENT METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF PLATES, Pages 345-351, Vai Pan Iu, Luis Chu
STRESS ANALYSIS OF HONEYCOMB SANDWICH WING STRUCTURE WITH CHORD-WISE TAPER BY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, Pages 353-362, Iqbal Rasool, Cui Deyu, Zhang Xing
REISSNER-MINDLIN PLATE ANALYSIS USING A HYBRID-MIXED STRESS ELEMENT, Pages 363-372, E.M. B. Ribeiro Pereira, J.A. Teixeira de Freitas
EPFM APPROACH FOR FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION BY p-VERSION OF FEM, Pages 373-380, C.H. Hong, C.G. Lee, J.D. Im, K.S. Woo
MESHLESS METHODS FOR POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS, Pages 381-390, I. Colominas, G. Mosqueira, M. Chao, F. Navarrina, M. Casteleiro
APPLICATIONS OF DRILLING DEGREES OF FREEDOM FOR 2D AND 3D STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, Pages 393-401, Mingwu Yuan, Shuli Sun, Pu Chen
THE PRACTICAL METHOD FOR OPTIMUM DESIGN OF STRUCTURE SUBJECT TO RELIABILITY CONSTRAINTS, Pages 403-411, Ailin Zhang, Haitao Wang, Guofan Zhao
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF ANCHORAGE ZONE STRESSES IN POST-TENSIONED MASONRY DIAPHRAGM WALLS, Pages 413-423, W.M. Quach
AN EFFICIENT METHODOLOGY FOR RESPONSE MOMENT EVALUATION WITH STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT, Pages 425-432, Er Guo-Kang, Iu Vai Pan
HISTORICAL STRUCTURES: MODELS AND MODELLING, Pages 433-442, P.B. Lourenço
STUDY OF STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF HYPERBOLIC COOLING TOWER WITH CONSTRUCTION ERRORS, Pages 443-452, Wei Qin, Zhou Jianchun
SIMPLIFIED METHODS FOR 2nd ORDER EFFECTS EVALUATION IN RC COLUMNS, Pages 453-462, J. Vinagre, J. Camara
A DISCRETE ELEMENT MODEL FOR ANALYSIS OF BLOCK MASONRY, Pages 463-472, X.L. Liu, J. Vieira de Lemos
ALTERING STRUCTURES TO EXCLUDE MULTIPLE VIBRATION FREQUENCIES, Pages 475-484, Ray Lawther
MODELLING CABLE REINFORCEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR MONUMENTAL STRUCTURES, Pages 485-494, João J. Azevedo, Gabriela E. Sincraian
ACCURATE ANALYSIS OF MULTI-SUPPORT STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO NON-UNIFORMLY MODULATED EVOLUTIONARY RANDOM SEISMIC EXCITATIONS, Pages 495-502, J.H. Lin, Y.H. Zhang
THE INFLUENCE OF THE SECOND ORDER EFFECTS IN THE SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES, Pages 503-512, Rita Bento
SEISMIC RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF SOIL-FOUNDATION-STRUCTURE INTERACTION SYSTEMS, Pages 513-519, Zhao Dongfu, Song Changqing
A MODEL TO EVALUATE THE SEISMIC NON-LINEAR RESPONSE OF R/C STRUCTURES TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION, Pages 521-531, Mário Rouxinol Fragoso, Ema Coelho Serra
THE ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC SAFETY DURING BLASTING, Pages 533-539, Zhuan Zhang, Zhang Daming
NON CONVENTIONAL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS, Pages 541-550, J. de Brito, M. Lopes
VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF MAST OF OIL-DRILLING RIG, Pages 551-560, Han Xiuqing, Zhou Hongyun, Ma Lei
STUDY ON COUPLING EFFECT OF MAST OF OIL- DRILLING RIG WITH ITS BASE FRAME AND FOUNDATION IN VIBRATION, Pages 561-568, Zheng Bofang, Han Xiuqing, Liu Fan
ANALYSIS OF SHORING LOADS OF FALSEWORK SYSTEM DUE TO CONCRETE PLACEMENT PROCEDURES, Pages 571-579, Souk Hong II, Ho-Soo Kim, Sung-Jin Jung, Ok-Kyue Kim, Soon-Seop Kwak
REINFORCED CONCRETE COUPLING BEAMS: THEIR DIFFERENCES FROM ORDINARY BEAMS, Pages 581-588, A.K.H. Kwan, Z.Z. Zhao
A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF SLENDER WEBS ACCORDING TO EC3, Pages 589-598, Helena M.S. Gervásio, Luís Simões da Silva
EXPERIMENT AND RESEARCH ON THE CONCRETE-FILLED STEEL TUBULAR COLUMN JOINTS WITH STEEL BRACKETS THROUGH TUBULAR CORE, Pages 599-606, Han XiaoLei, Chen QingJun, Ji Jing, Chen Hui
A MODEL TO COST-EFFECTIVE DESIGN OF HOUSING, Pages 607-613, Pedro G. Henriques
ECONOMIC STUDIES OF STEEL BUILDING FRAMES, Pages 615-623, Paulo J.S. Cruz
DUAL NONLINEAR COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE MEMBERS WITH UNBONDED TENDONS, Pages 627-636, Wang Yongping, Chen Yanjiang Fu Jinke, Zhang Jubing
ANALYSIS OF MASSIVE STRUCTURES DURING THE CONCRETE HARDENING PROCESS, Pages 637-646, A.L. Batista, C. Pina
STRESS STATE OF THE WEB OF REINFORCED CONCRETE I-BEAMS SUBJECTED TO TRANSVERSE BENDING, Pages 647-656, Syuji Nakano
STRENGTHENING DESIGN OF CONCRETE BEAMS BY ADITION OF STEEL PLATES, Pages 657-666, Augusto Gomes, Júlio Appleton
THE APPLICATION OF NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT IN ANALYSIS OF RC BEAMS WITH WEB OPENINGS, Pages 667-675, Zhang Wueweng, Wu Quanlin, Cai Jian, Peng Ming, Su Hengqiang
NON LINEAR ANALYSIS OF SLENDER BRIDGE COLUMNS, Pages 677-686, M.S. Lopes, A.J. Brito, A. Portugal
TIME EVOLUTION OF FAILURE DOMAINS DUE TO CHEMICAL DAMAGE PHENOMENA, Pages 687-696, Anna Saetta, Roberto Scotta, Renato Vitaliani
CREEP ANALYSIS OF AXIALLY COMPRESSED CONCRETE FILLED STEEL TUBULAR MEMBERS, Pages 697-705, Wang Yuanfeng, Han Bing
AGENT BASED MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS ON A PRODUCTION SYSTEM PLANT, Pages 709-717, Orlando Belo
CASE-BASED REASONING FOR PILE FOUNDATION: PROCEED FROM ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE, Pages 719-728, Otakar Babka, Laurinda A.G. Garanito
DEMOCRATIZED ARCHITECTURE: GRAMMARS AND COMPUTERS FOR SIZA'S MASS HOUSES, Pages 729-740, José Pinto Duarte
DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM FOR THE PORTUGUESE CODE FOR THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF BUILDINGS, Pages 741-750, João Mariz Graça, João Bento, Hélder Gonçalves
CASE-BASED REASONING AND AGENT-BASED TECHNOLOGY IN VALUE ENGINEERING, Pages 751-760, Francisco Loforte Ribeiro
OBJECT-ORIENTED PROJECT PROGRAMMING SYSTEM WITH RESOURCE RESTRICTIONS, Pages 761-766, M.G. Pereira
CASE-BASED REASONING (CBR) SUPPORTING PO BOX AUTOMATION SYSTEM, Pages 767-773, Fai Wong, Otakar Babka