Computational Methods for Coupled Problemsin Science and Engineering

Edited by:

Manolis PapadrakakisInstitute of Structural Analysis & Seismic ResearchNational Technical University of AthensAthens, Greece

Eugenio OnateInternational Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)Barcelona, Spain

Bernhard SchreflerIstituto di ConstruzioniUniversita di PadovaPadova,Italy

A publication Of: TIB/LIB Hannover 89T A. A.- i /-< A. MT ».T • i 128 008 539

International Center for NumericalMethods in Engineering (CIMNE)Barcelona, Spain

CONTENTS

PLENARY LECTURES

A Computational Strategy Suitable for Multiphysics ProblemsP. Ladeveze, D. Neron and B. Schrefler 25

Applications of the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) to SolveCoupled Problems5. Idelsohn, E. Otiate, F. del Pin, R. Aubry and M.A. Celigueta 28

Applications-Driven Multiresolution Approaches to MultiscaleComputationsW.K.Liu 29

Computational Modelling of Hydro-Fracture Flow in Porous MediaD.R. Owen, M.C. Lobao, A.J. Crook and F.M. Andrade Pires 30

Coupling Rigid Body Motion and Incompressible Flow via a ChimeraStrategyR. Codina and G. Houzeaux 31

Error Control and Adaptivity in Space-time of Promechanics ProblemsK. Runesson and F. Larsson 32

Isogeometric AnalysisT.J. Hughes, J.A. Cottrell and Y. Basilevs 33

Spectral/hp Element Methods for Coupled ProblemsG.E. Karniadakis 34

Taming Complexity in the Synthesis of Partitioned Analysis Methods forCoupled SystemsC.A Felippa and K.C. Park 35

MINISYMPOSIA

Advanced Coupling Algorithms and Interface Treatment in FSIMinisymposium organized by Wolfang Wall

A Self-adaptive Multi-time-scale Approach for Coupled EvolutionProblems: Application to PoromechanicsV. Chiaruttini and Ch. Rey 41

Aeroacoustics and Fluid-Structure-CoupHng Using the Lattice-Boltzmannand the Finite Element MethodB. Neuhierl and E. Rank 42

Efficient Interface Treatment for Fluid-Structure Interaction on CartesianGridsH-J. Bungartz, M. Brenk, R-P. Mundani, D. Scholz, A. Duster andM. Mehl.. 43

Fixed Grid Approaches for Large Deformation Fluid Structure InteractionProblemsW.A. Wall and A. Gerstenberger 44

Investigation of Implicit Partitioned Fluid-Structure Interaction CouplingH. Lange andM. Schdfer 45

Robust Interface Tracking and Other Challenges in Complex Free-SurfaceFlow SimulationM.Behr 46

Simulation of Bidirectional Fluid-Structure Interaction Based on ExplicitCoupling Approaches of Lattice Boltzmann'and p-FEM SolversS. Geller, J. Tolke, M. Krafczyk, D. Scholz, A. Duster and E. Rank 47

Stabilized Finite Element Method for Flow Problems using UnstructuredMeshes with more than Two Billion ElementsS.Aliabadi 48

Towards FSI for Light-weight Structures Subjected to WindR. Wuchner, A. Kupzok and K-U. Bletzinger 49

Analysis of Numerical Methods for Coupling Heterogeneous Media or ModelsMinisymposium organized by Lucia Gastaldi and Daniele Boffi

A Dual-primal Coupling Technique with Local Time Step for WavePropagation ProblemsE. Becache, P. Joly andJ. Rodriguez 53

A Parallel Iterative Approach for the Stokes-Darcy CouplingM. Discacciati, A. Quarteroni and A. Valli 54

Heterogeneous Coupling in Elasticity and in Fluid DynamicsP. Gervasio 55

The Finite Element Immersed Boundary Method: Model, Stability andNumerical ResultsD. Boffi, L Gastaldi and L. Heltai 56

Thermoelectrical Simulation of Cylindrical Induction Heating FurnacesA. Bermudez, D. Gomez, M.C. Muhiz and P. Salgado 57

Conjugate Heat Transfer and ThermoelasticityMinisymposium organized by Alain Kassab and Eduard Divo

A Meshless Method for Conjugate Heat TransferE. Divo and A. Kassab 61

Coupling Techniques for Aero-Thermo-ElasticityM.C. Haupt, R. Niesner and P. Horst 62

Modelling of Coupled Field Phenomena within a Three Phase ElectricTransformerJ. Smolka, A.J. Nowak, D.B. Ingham and L. Elliott 63

Modelling of Heat Transfer and Reacting Multiphase Flows Occurring inCopper Fire Refining ProcessesA.J. Nowak, A. Fie, M.K. Ginalski and J. Smolka 64

Numerical Analysis of Conjugate Processes Occurring in the InfantIncubator Ventilating SystemM.K. Ginalski, A.J. Nowak and J. Brandt 65

Numerical Simulation of the Coupled Thermo-mechanical Behaviour ofCellular MetalsS. BenkeandD. Weichert 66

Obtaining Pre-specified Concentration Profiles in Thermosolutal Flows byApplying Magnetic Fields Having Optimized Intensity DistributionM.J. Colaco and G.S. Dulikravich 67

Shape Optimization of Thermoelastic ProblemsR. Bialecki, T. Burczynski, M. KrolandZ. Ostrowski 68

Solution of the Thermal Model of the Twin-Roll Casting Process by theMeshless Local Radial Basis Function Collocation TechniqueB. Sarler, S. Saletic and R. Vertnik * 69

Design Optimization Methods and Tools for Solving CoupledMulti-disciplinary Problems in Aeronautics (A) and Turbomachinery (T)

Minisymposium organized by Jacques Periaux and Eugenio Onate

Comparison between Different Game Theory Methodologies in RobustDesign OptimizationA. Clarich, V. Pediroda, C. Poloni and J. Periaux 73

Evolutionary Algorithms for Coupled Multi-Criteria OptimisationProblems in AeronauticsL.F. Gonzalez, J. Periaux, E.J. Whitney and K. Srinivas 74

Evolutionary Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Optimisation in Space:Atmospheric Vehicles DesignP.G. Hdnninen, M. Lavagna, P. Reynier and L. Marraffa 75

Multi-objective and Multi-disciplinary Optimisation of Three-dimensionalTurbomachinery Blades 'S. Pierret 76

Robust Optimization of Concentrations of Alloying Elements in Steel forMaximum Temperature, Strength, Time-To-Rupture and Minimum Costand WeightG.S. Dulikravich and I.N. Egorov-Yegorov 77

Towards Multiphysics Data-driven Simulation and Optimization of HighPerformance Aircraft/. Michopoulos and Ch. Farhat 78

High-Order Algorithms for Multifield ProblemsMinisymposium organized by Ernest Rank and George Karniadakis

Distributed p-Adaptive FE-Simulation of Soil-Porefluid-Interaction usingSoftware-Agent-TechnologiesU. Meissner, M. Mueller, andJ. Ruben 81

High-Order Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction SimulationsR. Kirby, Z. Yosibash and G.E. Karniadakis 82

Model-adaptive Fluid-structure Interaction using High Order StructuralElementsE. Rank, D. Scholz and A. Duster 83

Modelling Materials with Lattice Micro-structure by an High-order FE2

ApproachS. Diebels, T. Ebinger, H. Steeb, A. Duster and E. Rank 84

On the Numerical Stability of a Class of Loosely-Coupled, Higher-Order,Fluid/Structure Solution AlgorithmsCh.Farhat 85

Spectral Element Method for Fluid-structure InteractionN. Bodard andM.O. Deville 86

Multiscale Simulation of Coupled Physical ProblemsMinisymposium organized by Wing Kam Liu and C. T. Sun

A Kinetic Type Approach for Solving Multiscaling Gas FlowsD. Vaiougeorgis 89

A Method for Modeling Heterogeneous Media with Microstructures ofDifferent ScalesC.T. Sun and G. Huang 90

Coupled Phase Transformation-Mechanics Interactions at Interfaces ofNanolayered Materials by a Multiscale GP MethodJ. Fan and Y. He 91

Heterogeneous Domain Decomposition for Multiscale ProblemsM. Garbey, F. Pacull and C. Picard 92

Multi-Dimensional Bridging Scale Analysis of NanofractureE.G. Karpov, H.S. Park and W.K. Liu 93

Numerical Modeling of Electromechanical and Electrothermal DevicesMinisymposium organized by Reinhard Lerch and Manfred Kaltenbacher

A Coupled Electro-thermo-mechanical FEM Code for Large Scale ProblemsIncluding Multi-domain and Multiple Time-step AspectsL. Menanteau, S. Caperaa and O. Pantale 97

A Hybrid Method for the Simulation of the Write and Read Process inMagnetic RecordingT. Schrefl, O. Ertl, D. Suess, M. Kirschner, X}. Hrkac,J. Fidler and M. Schabes 98

A Simple Fully Coupled Three-dimensional Phenomenological Model forFerroelectric CeramicsV. Mehling, Ch. Tsakmakis and D. Gross 99

Coupled Modelling and Simulation of Electro-Elastic Materials at LargeStrainsP. Steinmann 100

Coupled Simulations in the Design of Electrical MachinesD. van Riesen, F. Henrotte, C. Schlensok and K. Hameyer 101

Mathematical Modelling of Piezoelectricity in Composites - Investigation ofPiezoelectric Stack ActuatorsW. Gei's, G. Mishuris and A.M. Sdndig 102

Non-linear Dynamic Analysis of Electrostatic Microbeam ActuatorsM.G. Munteanu and E. Brusa 103

Numerical Modeling of Capacitive Micromachined TransducersM. Kaltenbacher, R. Lerch and G. Link 104

Numerical Simulation of Thermally Coupled Electromagnetic Fields andFluid FlowC. Scholler, R. Oestreich, M. Schdfer, E. GjonajandT. Weiland 105

On the Modeling of the Electroelastic Interaction Between a Plate and aPiezoelectric PatchS. Tliba and H. Abou-Kandil 106

Strong Thermal-electromagnetic Coupling in FEM Simulation of PowerTransformersO. Biro, K. PreisandG. Buchgraber 107

Thermomechanical Simulation of Forming and Impact ProblemsMinisymposium organized by Carlos Agelet de Saracibar, Jean-Philippe Ponthot

and Michele Chiumenti

A Mechanistic Study of Coupled Oxidation-Crack Growth Phenomena inSingle Crystal MaterialsE. Busso, N. O'DowdandR. Kubler I l l

Algorithmic Strategies for the Numerical Simulation of ThermomechanicalCoupled Behaviour in Viscoelastic MaterialsL. Stainier, F. DuboisandR. Peyroux 112

Behaviour of Trip Steel over a Wide Range of Strain Rate:Experiments and Modelling5. Bouvier, A. Uenishi and P.P. Jeunechamps 113

Coupled Analysis in Food Preservation ProcessesM. Chiumenti, C. Maggiolo, M. Cervera and C. Agelet de Saracibar 114

Coupled Themo-Mechanical Behaviour for Metal Casting FE AnalysisM. Chiumenti, C. Agelet de Saracibar and M. Cervera 115

Coupling Process and Structural Collapse to Access of the Material Historyand Improve Crashworthiness Modelling of Assembled StructuresE. Markiewicz and B. Langrand 116

Fire Dynamics Phenomena Coupled with Thermo-elasto-plastic Process ofBuilding Destruction by FireA'. Tusnio and W. Sosnowski 117

Heat Generation due to Friction and Plastic Dissipation - A CoupledThermomechanical Approach for Impact and Metal Forming SimulationL Adam and J.P. Ponthot 118

Semi-solid Metal Forming, Modelling and InvestigationsA. Rassili, C. Geuzaine, P. Dular, M. Robelet, J. Demeurger and D. Fischer. 119

Strategies for a Parallel 3D FEM Code: Application to Impact and CrashProblems in Structural MechanicsO. PantaleandS. Caperaa 120

Thermomechanical Simulation and Experimental Validation of the WireDrawing ProcessD. Celentano, S. Villalobos, A. Artigas and A. Monsalve 121

Thermomechanical Two-phase Modellig of the Mushy Zone DuringSlidification in Casting ProcessesG. M Laschet and S. Benke 122

CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS

Coupled Problems in Heat Transfer

A Conservative Coupling Numerical Method for Transient ConjugateHeat TransferE. Radenac, J. Gressier, P. Millan and A. Giovannini 125

Inverse Free Convection Solution in a Porous Matrix with a BiochemicalHeat SourceM. Prud'homme and S. Jasmin 126

Multi-phase Flow Calculation with Interface Capturing Coupled Solution.O. Basset, H. Digonnet, H. Guillard and T. Coupez 127

Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass TransferDuring Continuous Galvanizing OperationsF. Ilinca, J-F. Hetu and F. Ajersch 128

Coupling Algorithms

A Novel Approach to Solving Highly Coupled Equations in a Dynamic,Extensible and Efficient WayP. Notz, S. Subia, M. Hopkins and P. Sackinger. 129

A Strong Coupling Scheme for Fluid-structure Interaction Problems inViscous Incompressible FlowsJ. Yang, S. Preidikman and E. Balaras 130

An Efficient CSD Finite Element Scheme for Coupled Blast SimulationsO. Soto, J. Baum, R. Lohner, E. Mestreau and H. Luo 131

Application of Efficient Loosely-Coupled Algorithms for NonlinearTransient Aeroelastic ProblemsF. Thirifay, K. Hillewaert, S. Bogaerts and P. Geuzaine 132

Controllability Methods for the Solution of Acoustic and Elastic WaveEquationsS. Monkold, E. Heikkola and T. Rossi 133

Enabling Newton-based Coupling within a Multi-physics EnvironmentUsing NOX - An Object-oriented Nonlinear Solver LibraryR. Hooper, M. Hopkins and R. Pawlowski 134

New Algorithms for Coupling in Multiphisic Acoustical SystemsG. Garate and E. Garcia Vadillo 135

Newton's Algorithm Combined with Factorizarion Strategies for NonlinearProblems Arising from Industrial ProcessesP. Barral, P. Quintela andM.T. Sanchez 136

Numerical Instability Analysis of Time Integration Scheme for StaggeredElectromagnetic and Structural Coupled Problem and its StabilizationUsing Numerical FilterT. Hori and T. Niho 137

On Algebraic Method of Grid Generation in 3D and Quality ImprovementS.Khattri 138

Python-based Programming Environment for Solving Coupled PartialDifferential EquationsL. Gross, P. Cochrane, M. Davies, H. Muehlhaus andJ. Smillie 139

Simulation of Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Wave Propagation in DrivenConcrete PilesP. Kettil, G. Engstrbm and N-E. Wiberg 140

FEM - BEM Coupling

A Coupled Periodic BE-FE Model for Predicting and Reducing VibrationsGenerated from Underground Railway TrafficG. Degrande, R. Klein, S. Gupta, D. Clouteau, R. Othman andM. Arnst 141

Application of a Coupled Finite Element/Scaled Boundary ElementProcedure to AcousticsL. Lehmann 142

Application of a Time Domain Coupled Finite Element - Boundary ElementMethod to Traffic Induced VibrationsS. Francois and G. Degrande 143

Transient Soil-structure Interaction Analysis with a Coupled BEM-FEMApproachW.Moser and G. Beer. 144

Fluid - Structure Interaction

A Conservative Mesh-Free Approach for Fluid-Structure Interface ProblemsG. Quaranta, P. Masarati and P. Mantegazza 145

A Coupled Meshfree/Meshbased Method for Complex Fluid-structureInteraction ProblemsT.P. Fries and H.G. Matthies 146

A Fluid Mechanical Model for the Outflow of Silos Including Free SurfaceFlow and Wall DeformationC. Leppert and D. Dinkier 147

A Monolithic FEM Solver for A LE Formulation of Fluid Structure fInteraction with Configurations for Numerical Benchmarking fJ. HronandS. Turek 148 j

A Partitioned Procedure for Strongly Coupled Fluid-structure InteractionProblems Using a Reduced Order Model/. Vierendeels 149

Aeroelastic Analysis in Time Domain: "Combined" Formulation for theBridges Aerodynamic ForcesM. Lazzari, A. SaettaandR. Vitaliani 150

An Approach to Fluid-Structure Interaction using Finite Volume MethodE. Guilmineau and B. Juhel 151

An Efficient Mesh Updating Technique for Fluid Structure InteractionProblemsZ.S. Mouroutis, M. Papadrakakis, G.A. Markou and D.C. Charmpis 152

Coarse Grid Correction for Partitioned Fluid-structure InteractionProblemsH. Bijl, A.H. van Zuijlen and S. Bosscher 153

Collision Strategy for the Direct Simulation of Moving Fibers in Viscous FluidP. Laure, A. Megally andT. Coupez 154

Comparison of Method for Analysis of Aerodynamic Stability of a BridgeSection/. Kala and A. Nevafil 155

Coupled Fluid-Structure Analysis of a Non-linear Response of a High-Energy Pipeline Resulting from its Accidental RuptureS. Potapov, T. Papaconstantinou and F. Tephany 156

Coupling of Non-matching Meshes in Fluid-Structure InteractionComputationsA. de Boer, H. BijlandA. vanZuijlen 157Dam-Reservoir Interaction in the Seismic Analysis of Gravity DamsG. Borino and F. Parrinello 158

Dynamic Stress Concentration of Plane Wave by Cavity with Lining inSaturated SoilJ.H. Wang, W.D. Wang and X.L. Zhou 159

Dynamics of CO2 in the Utsira FormationS.Khattri 160

Fluid-structure Interaction Problems in Civil Engineering: Applicationto Bridges Subjected to Turbulent Wind FlowsK. Zibouche, G. Mounajed and J.M Dupuy 161

High Order Time Integration Schemes for the Simulation of Non-linearFluid-structure Interaction on Moving MeshesA.H. van Zuijlen and H. Bijl 162

Multidisciplinary Simulation of a Generic Delta Wing: Aerodynamic,Flight-Dynamic and Structure-Mechanic CouplingG. Einarsson andJ. Neumann 163

Numerical Models for Solving Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems inLS-DYNAM. Vesenjak, H. Mullerschon, S. Matthaei and Z. Ren 164

Power Regulation in Pitch-controllled Variable-speed Wind TurbineUsing a Neural NetworkA. Silva, F. Castro and N. Fidalgo 165

Simultaneous Solution to the Interaction of Viscoelastic Structures andViscous Fluids with Application to Fluid-conveying PipesB. Hiibner and D. Dinkier 166

Thermally Coupled Flows Induced by the Motion of Immersed RigidBodiesM. Cruchaga, C. Munoz and D. Celentano 167

Towards a Unified Model for the Dynamics of PlanetsH-B. Muhlhaus, L. Moresi, M. Davies and K-D. Gottschaldt 168

iUsing the Traction Boundary Element Method to Evaluate the Wave FieldScattered by Fluid-Filled Fractures in an Elastic MediumA. Tadeu, P. Amado Mendes and J. Antonio 169

Validation of a FSI Simulation Procedure - Bridge Aerodynamics ModelProblemR.Rossi, R. VitalianiandE. Oiiate .-. 170

Wind Induced Oscillations of Thin-walled SilosD. Dooms, G. Degrande, G. DeRoeckandE. Reynders 171

A Model for Transport and Reaction Processes in Concrete at HighTemperatureL. Ostermann and D. Dinkier 172

Heat and Mass Transport

Coupled Analysis of Heat and Multiphase Mass Transport in ConcreteSubjected to Fire LoadingM. Zeiml, R. Lackner and H.A. Mang 173

Coupled Nonlinear Thermo-mechanical Analysis of Masonry Walls underFire-loadingJ.B. Colliat, A. Ibrahimbegovic and H.G. Matthies 174

Coupling Strategy Between a Multiphase Model for Concrete and aStabilized CFD Code to Simulate Fire Effects in TunnelsA. Bacchetto, J. Principe, R. Codina and B. Schrefler 175

Investigation of Algorithms for Solving Coupled Heat Conduction andEnclosure Radiation ProblemsR. Hogan, D. Gartling and J. Dooley 176

Simulation of Unsteady Bi-directional Heat Transfer with Heat Generationby Crystallization in HDPE and PPW. Bare, J. Papa and C. Albano 177

Multifield - Multicoupled Problems

A Computational Formulation for Coupled Response of TrabecularMeshwork in Human EyeE.A. Meroi, B. Schrefler andM.T. Dorigo 178

Computational Simulation of Dynamic Processes of Irreversible Deforming,Micro- and Macrofracture of Damageable Solids and StructuresA. Kiselev and O. Nekhaeva r. 179

Coupled THMC Analysis of Engineered Barriers for High LevelRadioactive Waste DisposalL. Guimardes, A. Gens, S. Olivella and M. Sanchez 180

Coupling Methodology within the Software Platform AlliancesPh. Montarnal, A. Dimier, E. Deville, E. Adam, J. Gaombalet, A. Bengaouer,L. Loth and C. Chavant 181

Extended Space-Time Finite Elements for Boundary-Coupled Multi-FieldProblems on Fixed GridsA. Koike and D. Dinkier 182

Finite Deformation Micropolar Plasticity Coupled with Scalar DamageP. Grammenoudis and Ch. Tsakmakis 183

Making Higher Quality Paper - Case Study of Optimizing aMultidisciplinary SystemE. Madetoja, E. Rouhiainen and P. Tarvainen 184

Mixed Finite Element Method for Coupled Thermo-hydro-mechanicalProcess in Unsaturated Poro-elasto-plastic Media at Large StrainsX.K.Li and Z.J. Liu 185

Simultaneous Resolution of Radioactive Decay and Non-isothermal Flowand Reactive Transport: Application to the Performance Assesment ofHLW Repositories./?. Juncosa, 1. Font and J. Delgado 186

Simulation Coupling

A Body Force Analogy for Coupled Dynamic Problems in Solids andStructuresH. Irschik, M. KrommerandU. Pichler 187

A Fully automatic System for Applying the Incremental ConstructionProcedure of an Earth Dam in a Stress-strain AnalysisJ. Jacinto Alba, L. Argiielles Cortes and L. Alvarez Gil 188

A Monolithic Method for Fluid-shell Interaction Based on ConsistentPressure Poisson EquationD. Ishihara and T. Horie 189

An Investigation of Numerical Integration of Unified ViscoplasticODE-type Constitutive EquationsJ. Cao, J. Lin and T.A. Dean 190

Analysis of Compressor Blade Behaviour under Bird ImpactR. Vignjevic, J. Reveles and A. Lukyanov 191

Behavior and Resistance of Screwed and Welded Semi-rigid Connectionsof Cold Formed Steel StructuresF. Rodrigues, G. Queiroz, L. GonzagaandG. Almeida 192

Coupled Elasto-plastic Consolidation Analysis of a Road EmbankmentS. Drakos, S. Tsotsos andT. Hatzigogos 193

Coupled Finite Elements and Particle-Based SimulationsS.Abe, S. Latham, L. Gross and J. Smilie 194

Coupled Instabilities in Steel Plate Girders with Fatigue BehaviorZ Kala, J. Kala, M. SkaloudandJ. Melcher 195

Effects of Semi-rigid Connections in Optimal Design of Frame StructuresA. Csebfalvi and B. Csebfalvi 196

Effects of the Elastoplastic Properties on the Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilityin Accelerated SolidsJ.J. Lopez Cela, A.R. Piriz, M. Temporal, N.A. Tahir andM.C. Serna Moreno 197

Flexible Multibody Dynamics Coupled with Finite Element Methods forLarge Deformation ProblemsW-S. Yoo, O-K. Lim, J-H. Sohn and O. Dmitrochenko 198

Flexural Buckling Analysis of Composite Beams of Variable Cross-SectionbyBEME. Sapountzakis and G. Tsiatas 199

Forward and Inverse Modeling of Piezoelectric Effects in WoodD. Wheat, C. GarzaandL. Kallivokas '. 200

Modelling of Semi-continuous Casting of Cupro-nickel AlloysF. Pascon, E. Pecquet, L.H. Zhang and A.M. Habraken 201

On the Delamination of Thin Films: Modeling and Numerical SimulationF. Pistella, V. ValenteandG. Vergara Caffarelli 202

Pressure Wave Scattering by Thin Rigid Screens in an Acoustic WaveguideJ. Antonio, A. Tadeu and P. Amado Mendes 203

Quality of Hexahedral Mesh and MPFA MethodS.Khattri 204

Sensitivity Fatigue Analysis of Steel Structure Subjected to RepeatedLoadingZKala 205

Transient Engine Operation Simulation Using a 1D/3D Coupling.J. Bohbot, F.A. Lafossas, A. Albrecht and P. Menegazzi 206

Yield Strength Variability over Steel Beam Cross Section - Load CarryingAnalysisJ. Kala andZ. Kala 207

Soil - Structure Interaction

A Coupled Space-time Approach to the Inverse Profile Reconstruction ofLayered Soils for Geotechnical and Geophysics ApplicationsS-W. Na andL Kallivokas 208

A Numerical Modeling of Soil Consolidation Using Element Free Galerkin(EFG) MethodM. Oliaei and A. Pak 209

Coupling Finite and Semi-infinite Domains with Applications to SoilStructure InteractionE.A. Malsch and L. Lehmann 210

Large Displacement Analysis of Plane Structures on Non-linear FoundationN.Alwash,A. Abbass and S. Al-Sarraf. 211

Material Point Method for Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of SaturatedPorous MediaH.W. Zhang, andK.P. Wang :. 212

New Efficient Numerical Methods for Non-linear Seismic SSI SimulationN. Greffet, C. Obrembski and D. Clouteau 213

Pile-soil-structure Interaction Effects on the Dynamic Performance ofViaduct on Pile Group FoundationsE. Crivellaro, R. ScottaandR. Vitaliani 214

Transient Dynamic Investigation of 3D Dam--reservoir--soil ProblemsUsing an Iterative Coupling ApproachC. Hagen and O. von Estorff. 215

Use of Coupling and Regulatory Methods in Soil Structure Interaction forNuclear PlantsG. Devesa, V. Guyonvarh and D. Clouteau 216

Use of FSAFEM in Solving Coupled Consolidation Problems inGeotechnical EngineeringL. Zdravkovic and D.M. Potts 217

Solution Algorithms - Parallel Computing

A Domain Decomposition Finite Element Solution of the Soil StructureInteraction Problem for Porous MediaM. Papadrakakis and G. Stavroulakis 218

Coupled Parallel Finite Element Analysis for Electromagnetic andStructural Coupled Problem in Grid Computing EnvironmentT. Niho and T. Horie 219

Development of Numerical Methods for the Reactive Transport of ChemicalSpecies in a Porous Media : a Non-linear Conjugate Gradient MethodN. Bouillard, Ph. Montarnal and R. Herbin 220

Domain Decomposition and Functional Programming with OCamlP31F. Clement, V. Martin, A. Vodicka, R. Di Cosmo and P. Weis 221

Grid Components Techniques: Composing, Gathering, andScattering - Can it be used for Coupled Problems?L. Baduel, F. Baude, D. Caromel, L. Henrio, F. Huet, S. Lanteri andM. Morel 222

Thermomechanical Coupling

A Simulation Software Tool for Artificial Ground Freezing in CivilEngineering ApplicationsA. Sres, E. Anderheggen and G. Pedrozzi • 223

A Thermo-mechanical Model for the Simulation of the Friction StirWelding ProcessG. Bujfa, L. FratiniandF. Micari 224

Coupled Magneto-Thermo-Mechanical Problems Investigating HighMagnetic FieldsA. Kaceniauskas, R. Kacianauskas, E. Stupak, V. Snirpunas, S. Balevicius,J. Novickij and N. Zurauskiene 225

Coupling Strategies for a Thermo-Mechanical MEMS ActuatorM. Hopkins, R. Hooper, R. Pawlowski, P. NotzandS. Gianoulakis 226

Efficient Space-time FE for a Simplified Thermo-metallurgical ProblemRelevant to CastingA. Holmstrom, F. Larsson, K. Runesson and*S. Edlund 227

Guide-Machine for Coke Oven. Coupled Thermo-Mechanical AnalysisM.A. Guerrero, J. Jorge and L.M. Alvarez 228

Authors Index 229