Numerical Methods in Engineering Simulation Book

	Lattice-gas simulations of two-phase flow in porous media	3
	Improved analytical series solution for Laplacian flow problems involving irregular boundary shapes and mixed boundary conditions	11
	Lagrangian simulation of shallow recirculating flows using a random vortex technique	19
	Numerical study of cellular natural convection by mass transfer	27
	Combined convection-radiation effects in the entry region of parallel plate channels: a preliminary study	35
	A global approach of unsteady surface flow computations including shocks, by finite elements	45
	A computer linearising routine for fluid level capacitive transducers	53
	Non-linear model for stiffness and damping coefficients of hydrodynamic bearing using the minimum square method	61
	A numerical experiment of the flow around a sphere in vertical motion within a stratified fluid	71
	Transient behaviour of centrifugal fans in response to pressure or flow rate variations	79
	A tridimensional numerical model for the wind energy autonomy evaluation over some isolated Venezuelan coast regions	87
	A stochastic simulation of emulsification by turbulent stirring	95
	A constitutive model for the stress-strain-temperature behaviour using thermal void ratio state surface	109
	Proposal of a local damage index for the evaluation of stiffness degradation in confined masonry walls subjected to cyclical loads	121
	Dynamic modeling of rotating machines (applications of numerical techniques)	129
	A finite element for the simulation of earthquake damage in RC frames	139
	Numerical simulation of dynamic fracture and damage of rock during impact	147
	Numerical structural model improvement by experimental dynamics: a methodology for the characterization and control of structural pathology	155
	Analytical and numerical models of the kinematic of lapping machines	163
	Optimization of parameters of construction dynamic vibration absorbers subjected to stochastic excitation	171
	Determination of the stress concentration factor in finite plates with rounded rectangular holes	181
	Evaluation of some hypotheses for the analysis of offshore structures	187
	Discrete variational grid adaptation on the physical grid	197
	Evaluation and application of orthogonal mapping in two dimensions	207
	A mixed characteristics-spectral method for one-dimensional advection computation	215
	Green's function decomposition method	223
	Solution of unbounded bidimensional boundary-value problems with the finite-difference method	231
	Fractal techniques to measure the numerical instability of optimization methods	239
	Possible chaos induction by the numerical integration of a rigid differential equations system: comparison of the classic Runge-Kutta method and the variable step gear integrator	249
	Application of genetic algorithms for the synthesis of linear antenna arrays	257
	Interface to display isolines with AutoCAD	265
	A code for computer aided design of journal bearings	273
	An intelligent system for diagnostic and control to mechanical pumping system	281
	A control oriented rapid thermal processor simulation	289
	Optimal control problem on the basis of a simulation system for environment applications	297
	An uncoupled numerical method for optimal control	303
	Parameter identification in compartmental modeling for time intensity of taste	311
	Massive parallel computation of research EPIC hydro code on Cray-T3D	321
	Massive parallel algorithm: evolution and application to a nonlinear finite element analysis of large deformation dynamic response	331
	Sensibility to element degradation in feedforward neural networks and its application to network training	341
	A general method to solve combinatorial optimization problems with random neural networks	349
	Application of the thermal-mechanical-microstructural finite element model to the simulation of hot plate rolling	359
	Automatic system for kinetic characterization in compound materials	367
	Modelling and simulation of the electrofusion welding process	375
	A mathematical model of side ledge position in aluminum reduction cells	385
	Interactive border detection in cellular images using a modified Kohonen neural network	397
	Left ventricle 3D reconstruction from projections based on a Markov field model	403
	Index of Authors	411