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Bulletin No. 21 COMING EVENTS 2nd International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 27 June- 3 July1985 The luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is once again the venue for an ISCME-sponsored conference. The 2nd International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering takes place on board the QE2 as she sails eastbound from Boston, USA, 27 June, calling at New York on 28 June, arriving at Southampton 3 July. The Conference is seen as a forum for the presentation and discussion of new and advanced ideas; also to encourage and enhance the role of mechanics and other disciplines as they relate to earthquake engineering. It will provide an opportunity for the presentation of the work of applied mathematicians and engineers involved in solving problems closely related to the field of earthquake and geotechnical engineering. All abstracts and full length papers should be addressed to Professor A. S. Cakmak, Department of Civil Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. All other enquiries to Dr C. A. Brebbia, Computational Mechanics Institute, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK. Looking ahead to 1986, we have news of the British Informarion Technology Exhibition and Conference on Engineering Software, to be held in Massachusetts, USA. The Conference intends to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of new and advanced ideas in engineering software. Conference themes include CAD systems, software development and architecture, software maintenance and support, integration of software packages, finite and boundary element packages, application software for civil and structural engineering, application software for mechanical engineering, geometric modelling, real time simulation, interfacing experiments and computer codes, control of manufacturing processes, engineering databases, workstations and networks, implementing CADCAM and artificial intelligence applications, It will be held at the Hilton on Colonial, Route 128, Wakefield, MA 01880, USA, and an exhibition, showing a large range of products and services available though British engineering software companies, will be held at the s~ime time. For further information contact Dr C. Brebbia or Ms Sandra Elliott at Computational Mechanics Inc., Suite 6200, 400 West Cummings Park, Woburn, MA O1801, USA, or Computational Mechanics, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO4 2AA, UK. HYDROSOFT SUCCESS' Hydrosoft '84, the ISCME-sponsored conference on hydraulic engineering software, held in Portoroz, Yugoslavia, 10-14 September 1984, was well attended by over
December 1984 200 participants from around 20 different countries, who profited not only from the high technical content of the Conference but immensely enjoyed the hospitality organised by the committee. Professor M. Radojkovic and Professor C. Maksimovic of the University of Belgrade are to be congratulated on the success of the meeting. The Proceedings are published by CML Publications in association with Elsevier Science Publishers, 1984, 774 pp., US $134.50, £61.50, ISBN 0 444 99607 9.
NEWS OF OUR MEMBERS Victor Florin Poterasu has been an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Jassy, CivilEngineering Faculty, Romania, since 1979. He wrote his doctoral thesis in 1971, in Optimal Problems with Applications for Beams, Plates and Shells. In recent years he has worked in both France and Italy, and this year spent three months in West Germany at the Karlsruhe University, Institute of Solid Mechanics. He is married with one child.
Prof. V. F. Poterasu F r o m Yugoslavia comes ISCME member Djuro M. Migljenovid, who obtained his BSc degree in 1975 in applied mathematics at the University of Beograd, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences. After graduation, he was engaged as a research associate at the Computer Centre of the Mathematical Institute, where he investigated numerical methods of qualitative analysis of different equations, In 1978, he obtained his MSc degree in Qualitative Analysis of DEs and in 1980 was placed in charge of the Computer Centre of the Mathematical Institute. 1982 was spent in England doing research with Dr C. A. Brebbia at Southampton University in applications of the Boundary Element Method. He is now finishing his PhD in the mathematical treatment of the BEM. The field of interest for Dr Luisa Brusa is numerical methods for engineering applications. She has a Physics degree and is currently Department Deputy Head, Cornputing and Analysis CISE SpA, in Milan, Italy (also her birthplace).
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sor G. Maier, Technical University of Milan. The Advisory Committee includes ISCME members Professor I. Herrera, Instituto de Geofisica, Mexico; Dr G. Novati, Technical University of Milan, Dr K. Onishi, Fukuoka University, Japan; Professor H. Pina, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon;Professor Wendland, University of Darmstadt. For information write to: Dr C. Brebbia, CAES, Southampton University, Southampton, SO9 5NH, UK.
D. M. Migljenovid
Dr L. Brusa
Geoffrey Butlin is managing director of FEGS Ltd (Finite Element Graphical Systems), Cambridge, UK. With a BSc in Civil Engineering and a PhD in Structural Engineering, his field of interest lies in F.E. pre- and post-processing, using interactive computer graphics.
Dr G. Butlin
Boundary Elements in Engineering Analysis 26-28 March 1985 Another three-day seminar is earmarked to take place at MIT, Cambridge, USA, sponsored by the MIT Department of Civil Engineering in conjunction with the Computational Mechanics Institute. It will take place on 26-28 March 1985. Enquiries to: Ms Terri Demeris, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Boundary Element Codes in Stress Analysis: Short Course 12-15 March 1985 Computational Mechanics Centre is well known for its boundary element research and its recent development of BEASY, consisting of codes to solve potential and elasticity problems, The capabilities of some of these codes will be demonstrated in workshops to be held during a short course at the Centre, from 12-15 March 1985. The last day of the course is optional and will be dedicated to solving problems brought by the participants. Contact the Courses Department, Computational Mechanics Centre, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK, for further information. NEW BOOKS
Boundary Element Techniques in Computer Aided Engineering C A. Brebbia NATO ASI Series, Martin Nijhoff Publishers, 1984,440 pp., ISBN 90 247 3065 1
7th h~ternational Conference on Boundary Element Methods in Engineering 24-27 September 1985 Italy is the venue of the 7th International Conference on Boundary Element Methods in Engineering, which will take place next year (24-27 September 1985) in the beautiful surroundings of Lake Como. The 7th Conference will be held at the Villa Olmo Conference Centre, a neo-classical 18th century building on the shores of the lake. Apart from ISCME, other sponsors of the Conference are CAES (Centre for Advanced Engineering Studies, Southampton University),TechnicalUniversity(Politecnico) of Milan, AIMETA (Italian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), and CMC (Computational Mechanics Centre, Southampton). Fields of applications are numerical techniques and mathematical principles; linear/non-linear structural mechanics; fluid flow problems; mass and heat transfer problems; geomechanics; electric/magnetic field problems; coupling of boundary element methods and finite element methods; industrial applications; computer programs including pre- and post-processors, Conference Directors are ISCME Council Members Dr C. A. Brebbia, University of Southampton, and Profes-
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This book, writes the Editor, constitutes the edited proceedings of the Advanced Studies Institute on Boundary Element Techniques on Computer Aided Engineering held at The Institute of Computational Mechanics, Ashurst Lodge, Southampton, England, from 19 to 30 September 1983. The Institute was held under the auspices of the newly launched 'Double Jump Programme' which aims to bring together academics and industrial scientists. Consequently the programme was more industrially based than other NATO ASI meetings, achieving an excellent combination of theoretical and practical aspects of the newly developed Boundary Element Method. In recent years engineers have become increasingly interested in the application of boundary element techniques for the solution of continuum mechanics problems. The importance of boundary elements is that it combines the advantages of boundary integral equations (i.e. reduction of dimensionality of the problems, possibility of modelling domains extending to infinity, numerical accuracy) with the versatility of finite elements (i.e. modelling of arbitrary curved surfaces). Because of this the technique has been well received by the engineering and scientific communities. Another important advantage of boundary elements stems from its reduction of dimensionality, that is that the technique requires much less data input than classical finite elements. This makes the method very well suited for
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Bulletin No. 21 COMING EVENTS 2nd International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 27 June- 3 July1985 The luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is once again the venue for an ISCME-sponsored conference. The 2nd International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering takes place on board the QE2 as she sails eastbound from Boston, USA, 27 June, calling at New York on 28 June, arriving at Southampton 3 July. The Conference is seen as a forum for the presentation and discussion of new and advanced ideas; also to encourage and enhance the role of mechanics and other disciplines as they relate to earthquake engineering. It will provide an opportunity for the presentation of the work of applied mathematicians and engineers involved in solving problems closely related to the field of earthquake and geotechnical engineering. All abstracts and full length papers should be addressed to Professor A. S. Cakmak, Department of Civil Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. All other enquiries to Dr C. A. Brebbia, Computational Mechanics Institute, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK. Looking ahead to 1986, we have news of the British Informarion Technology Exhibition and Conference on Engineering Software, to be held in Massachusetts, USA. The Conference intends to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of new and advanced ideas in engineering software. Conference themes include CAD systems, software development and architecture, software maintenance and support, integration of software packages, finite and boundary element packages, application software for civil and structural engineering, application software for mechanical engineering, geometric modelling, real time simulation, interfacing experiments and computer codes, control of manufacturing processes, engineering databases, workstations and networks, implementing CADCAM and artificial intelligence applications, It will be held at the Hilton on Colonial, Route 128, Wakefield, MA 01880, USA, and an exhibition, showing a large range of products and services available though British engineering software companies, will be held at the s~ime time. For further information contact Dr C. Brebbia or Ms Sandra Elliott at Computational Mechanics Inc., Suite 6200, 400 West Cummings Park, Woburn, MA O1801, USA, or Computational Mechanics, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO4 2AA, UK. HYDROSOFT SUCCESS' Hydrosoft '84, the ISCME-sponsored conference on hydraulic engineering software, held in Portoroz, Yugoslavia, 10-14 September 1984, was well attended by over
December 1984 200 participants from around 20 different countries, who profited not only from the high technical content of the Conference but immensely enjoyed the hospitality organised by the committee. Professor M. Radojkovic and Professor C. Maksimovic of the University of Belgrade are to be congratulated on the success of the meeting. The Proceedings are published by CML Publications in association with Elsevier Science Publishers, 1984, 774 pp., US $134.50, £61.50, ISBN 0 444 99607 9.
NEWS OF OUR MEMBERS Victor Florin Poterasu has been an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Jassy, CivilEngineering Faculty, Romania, since 1979. He wrote his doctoral thesis in 1971, in Optimal Problems with Applications for Beams, Plates and Shells. In recent years he has worked in both France and Italy, and this year spent three months in West Germany at the Karlsruhe University, Institute of Solid Mechanics. He is married with one child.
Prof. V. F. Poterasu F r o m Yugoslavia comes ISCME member Djuro M. Migljenovid, who obtained his BSc degree in 1975 in applied mathematics at the University of Beograd, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences. After graduation, he was engaged as a research associate at the Computer Centre of the Mathematical Institute, where he investigated numerical methods of qualitative analysis of different equations, In 1978, he obtained his MSc degree in Qualitative Analysis of DEs and in 1980 was placed in charge of the Computer Centre of the Mathematical Institute. 1982 was spent in England doing research with Dr C. A. Brebbia at Southampton University in applications of the Boundary Element Method. He is now finishing his PhD in the mathematical treatment of the BEM. The field of interest for Dr Luisa Brusa is numerical methods for engineering applications. She has a Physics degree and is currently Department Deputy Head, Cornputing and Analysis CISE SpA, in Milan, Italy (also her birthplace).
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sor G. Maier, Technical University of Milan. The Advisory Committee includes ISCME members Professor I. Herrera, Instituto de Geofisica, Mexico; Dr G. Novati, Technical University of Milan, Dr K. Onishi, Fukuoka University, Japan; Professor H. Pina, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon;Professor Wendland, University of Darmstadt. For information write to: Dr C. Brebbia, CAES, Southampton University, Southampton, SO9 5NH, UK.
D. M. Migljenovid
Dr L. Brusa
Geoffrey Butlin is managing director of FEGS Ltd (Finite Element Graphical Systems), Cambridge, UK. With a BSc in Civil Engineering and a PhD in Structural Engineering, his field of interest lies in F.E. pre- and post-processing, using interactive computer graphics.
Dr G. Butlin
Boundary Elements in Engineering Analysis 26-28 March 1985 Another three-day seminar is earmarked to take place at MIT, Cambridge, USA, sponsored by the MIT Department of Civil Engineering in conjunction with the Computational Mechanics Institute. It will take place on 26-28 March 1985. Enquiries to: Ms Terri Demeris, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Boundary Element Codes in Stress Analysis: Short Course 12-15 March 1985 Computational Mechanics Centre is well known for its boundary element research and its recent development of BEASY, consisting of codes to solve potential and elasticity problems, The capabilities of some of these codes will be demonstrated in workshops to be held during a short course at the Centre, from 12-15 March 1985. The last day of the course is optional and will be dedicated to solving problems brought by the participants. Contact the Courses Department, Computational Mechanics Centre, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK, for further information. NEW BOOKS
Boundary Element Techniques in Computer Aided Engineering C A. Brebbia NATO ASI Series, Martin Nijhoff Publishers, 1984,440 pp., ISBN 90 247 3065 1
7th h~ternational Conference on Boundary Element Methods in Engineering 24-27 September 1985 Italy is the venue of the 7th International Conference on Boundary Element Methods in Engineering, which will take place next year (24-27 September 1985) in the beautiful surroundings of Lake Como. The 7th Conference will be held at the Villa Olmo Conference Centre, a neo-classical 18th century building on the shores of the lake. Apart from ISCME, other sponsors of the Conference are CAES (Centre for Advanced Engineering Studies, Southampton University),TechnicalUniversity(Politecnico) of Milan, AIMETA (Italian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), and CMC (Computational Mechanics Centre, Southampton). Fields of applications are numerical techniques and mathematical principles; linear/non-linear structural mechanics; fluid flow problems; mass and heat transfer problems; geomechanics; electric/magnetic field problems; coupling of boundary element methods and finite element methods; industrial applications; computer programs including pre- and post-processors, Conference Directors are ISCME Council Members Dr C. A. Brebbia, University of Southampton, and Profes-
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Engineering Analysis, 1984, Vol. 1, No. 4
This book, writes the Editor, constitutes the edited proceedings of the Advanced Studies Institute on Boundary Element Techniques on Computer Aided Engineering held at The Institute of Computational Mechanics, Ashurst Lodge, Southampton, England, from 19 to 30 September 1983. The Institute was held under the auspices of the newly launched 'Double Jump Programme' which aims to bring together academics and industrial scientists. Consequently the programme was more industrially based than other NATO ASI meetings, achieving an excellent combination of theoretical and practical aspects of the newly developed Boundary Element Method. In recent years engineers have become increasingly interested in the application of boundary element techniques for the solution of continuum mechanics problems. The importance of boundary elements is that it combines the advantages of boundary integral equations (i.e. reduction of dimensionality of the problems, possibility of modelling domains extending to infinity, numerical accuracy) with the versatility of finite elements (i.e. modelling of arbitrary curved surfaces). Because of this the technique has been well received by the engineering and scientific communities. Another important advantage of boundary elements stems from its reduction of dimensionality, that is that the technique requires much less data input than classical finite elements. This makes the method very well suited for