Topics in Applied Mechanics: Integration of Theory and Applications in Applied Mechanics Book

	Preface
	List of Participants
	Construction simulation of some bridges over the river IJssel	1
	Experimental mechanics; why, how, co-operatively?	9
	The bridge between experimental and numerical techniques: numerical modelling of linear elastic and viscoelastic response of composite structures	17
	Tuning shock test results and mathematical models using an optimal state estimation method	39
	Fluid-structure interaction in non-rigid pipeline systems; large scale validation tests (EUREKA project 274)	57
	Experimental and numerical analysis of cracking in concrete and sandstone	65
	The verification of numerical calculations with tests on sand in the geocentrifuge	73
	Parametric identification of an aircraft landing gear damper, by means of periodic excitation	81
	Damage processes in solids and structures and their numerical computation	89
	Computational models for fragmentation tests	97
	FAME-D, a finite element code based on continuum damage mechanics	111
	Continuous and discontinuous modelling of the contact between wheel flange and rail	119
	An anisotropic damage model for laminated composites	127
	Analysis of supercritical transformation with dilatation and shear effects during crack growth in ceramics	137
	Phenomenological modelling of damage in polymer blends	147
	Spin-up in non-axisymmetric containers	155
	Attack transient of a flue organ pipe	163
	Finite element simulation of local effects in nonisothermal viscoelastic flows	173
	Numerical analysis of unsteady viscoelastic contraction flows of multi-mode fluids	181
	Turbulent free-surface flow over a sill	189
	Local effects in some non-linear evolution equations	197
	Fluid-structure interaction and column separation in a closed pipe	205
	Micro-rheological modelling of heat conduction in polymers	213
	Rheology and microstructure of liquid crystalline polymers	223
	Limiting toughness of polymers; the relation between molecular and microscopic structure	231
	Constitutive models for composite materials with interfaces	245
	A three dimensional model for nonlinear viscoelasticity	253
	Structural dynamics of mechanical systems with local nonlinearities under periodic excitation	261
	Improving manipulator control with acceleration measurements	269
	Combined finite element and multibody techniques for vehicle occupant safety studies	277
	Application of cell mapping methods to a nonlinear dynamic system	285
	Manifolds of nonlinear dynamic single DOF systems	293
	A non-invasive method to find Langer's lines of the skin	305
	The influence of minor stenoses on the flow in the carotid artery bifurcation	313
	Osmotic prestressing of a spinal motion segment	321
	Rheology and rheometry for highly filled reactive materials	331
	Structural optimization history and state of the art	339
	Thermo-mechanical properties of roof rock of coal for underground gasification	347
	A finite rotation triangular shell element	355
	Finite element preconditioned spectral element methods for convection-diffusion problems	363
	Author Index	371
	Subject Index	373