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Professor B.H.V. Topping University of Pécs, Hungary and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK Tel.: +44 1786 870 191 Fax: +44 1786 870167 E-mail: [email protected]
Editorial Advisory Board J.F. Aguilar Madeira Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Lisbon, Portugal
S. Hernández Ibáñez Universidade da Coruña, La Coruña, Spain J.-W. Hong
A. Bahreininejad Institut Teknologi Brunei, Brunei K.J. Bathe Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA S. Bordas Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK R. Citarella Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano SA, Italy J.-Y. Cognard ENSTA Bretagne, Brest Cedex, France D. Eyheramendy École Centrale de Marseille, Marseille, Cedex 20, France G.A. Gravvanis Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece P. Hajela Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA O. Hassan Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
P. Iványi University of Pécs (Pécs Tudományegyetem), Hungary P.K. Jimack University of Leeds, England, UK J. Kruis Czech Technical University in Prague (Ceské Vysoké Ucení Technické), Czech Republic B. Kumar Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK K.H. Law Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA M. Leps Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic J. Lógó Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary F. Magoulès Ecole Centrale Paris, Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
R. Montenegro Armas Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain R. Ohayon Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France M. Papadrakakis National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece R. Putanowicz Cracow University of Technology, Kraków, Poland M.Y. Rafiq Plymouth University, England, UK D. Roose KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium D. Rypl Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic M.P. Saka University of Bahrain, Bahrain J. Sienz Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK J. Trevelyan Durham University, Durham, England, UK
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Professor B.H.V. Topping University of Pécs, Hungary and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK Tel.: +44 1786 870 191 Fax: +44 1786 870167 E-mail: [email protected]
Editorial Advisory Board J.F. Aguilar Madeira Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Lisbon, Portugal
S. Hernández Ibáñez Universidade da Coruña, La Coruña, Spain J.-W. Hong
A. Bahreininejad Institut Teknologi Brunei, Brunei K.J. Bathe Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA S. Bordas Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK R. Citarella Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano SA, Italy J.-Y. Cognard ENSTA Bretagne, Brest Cedex, France D. Eyheramendy École Centrale de Marseille, Marseille, Cedex 20, France G.A. Gravvanis Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece P. Hajela Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA O. Hassan Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
P. Iványi University of Pécs (Pécs Tudományegyetem), Hungary P.K. Jimack University of Leeds, England, UK J. Kruis Czech Technical University in Prague (Ceské Vysoké Ucení Technické), Czech Republic B. Kumar Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK K.H. Law Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA M. Leps Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic J. Lógó Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary F. Magoulès Ecole Centrale Paris, Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
R. Montenegro Armas Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain R. Ohayon Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France M. Papadrakakis National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece R. Putanowicz Cracow University of Technology, Kraków, Poland M.Y. Rafiq Plymouth University, England, UK D. Roose KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium D. Rypl Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic M.P. Saka University of Bahrain, Bahrain J. Sienz Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK J. Trevelyan Durham University, Durham, England, UK
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PUBLICATION INFORMATION Advances in Engineering Software (ISSN 0965-9978). For 2017, volumes 103–114 is scheduled for publication. Subscription prices are available upon request from the Publisher or from the Elsevier Customer Service Department nearest you or from this journal’s website (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/advengsoft). Further information is available on this journal and other Elsevier products through Elsevier’s website (http://www.elsevier.com). Subscriptions are accepted on a prepaid basis only and are entered on a calendar year basis. Issues are sent by standard mail (surface within Europe, air delivery outside Europe). Priority rates are available upon request. Claims for missing issues should be made within six months of the date of dispatch. Orders, claims, and journal inquiries: please contact the Elsevier Customer Service Department nearest you: St. Louis: Elsevier Customer Service Department, 3251 Riverport Lane, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, USA; phone: (877) 8397126 [toll free within the USA]; (+1) (314) 4478878 [outside the USA]; fax: (+1) (314) 4478077; e-mail: [email protected] Oxford: Elsevier Customer Service Department, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK; phone: (+44) (1865) 843434; fax: (+44) (1865) 843970; e-mail: [email protected] Tokyo: Elsevier Customer Service Department, 4F Higashi-Azabu, 1-Chome Bldg, 1-9-15 Higashi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan; phone: (+81) (3) 5561 5037; fax: (+81) (3) 5561 5047; e-mail: [email protected] Singapore: Elsevier Customer Service Department, 3 Killiney Road, #08-01 Winsland House I, Singapore 239519; phone: (+65) 63490222; fax: (+65) 67331510; e-mail: [email protected] Illustration services: Elsevier’s WebShop (http://webshop.elsevier.com/illustrationservices) offers Illustration Services to authors preparing to submit a manuscript but concerned about the quality of the images accompanying their article. Elsevier’s expert illustrators can produce scientific, technical and medical-style images, as well as a full range of charts, tables and graphs. Image ‘polishing’ is also available, where our illustrators take your image(s) and improve them to a professional standard. Please visit the website to find out more. Author inquiries: You can track your submitted article at http://help.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/89/p/8045/. You can track your accepted article at http:// www.elsevier.com/trackarticle. You are also welcome to contact Customer Support via http://support.elsevier.com.