LIST OF CONTENTS NUMBER !
i B. Dopker, K. K. Choi and R. L. Benedict
1
Announcement Shape design sensitivity containing arches
analysis
of
structures
Y. Feng
15
The theory of structural redundancy and its effect on structural design
K. K. Tamma and S. B. Railkar
25
Special purpose hybrid transfinite elements and unified computational methodology for accurately predicting thermoelastic stress waves
S. H. Lo
37
A hidden-line algorithm using picture subdivision technique
J. M . Minguez
47
Torsional rigidity of ribs in the buckling of reinforced panels--analytical study
A. Stuzalec
53
Modelling of titanium weld failure
A. M o s h a i o v and P. D. Eareckson
59
Analysis of axisymmetrically loaded annular plates using Green's functions
L.-W. Chen and C.-L. Chen
67
Vibration and stability of cracked thick rotating blades
R. H. M a c N e a l and R. L. Harder
75
A refined four-noded membrane rotational degrees of freedom
C. H. Yu and N. E. Shanmugam
85
Stability of semi-rigid space frames
N. V. Raman, G. V. Surya Kumar and V. V. Sreedhara Rao
93
Large displacement analysis of guyed towers
G. E. Blandford
element
with
105
Static analysis of flexibly connected thin-walled plane frames
115
Announcements
International Conference CADCOMP 88. Computer Aided Design in Composite Material Technology, 13-I 5 April 1988, Southampton, U.K. Third International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 10-I 2 August 1988 MacNeaI-Schwendler 1988 World User Conference, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 21-25 March 1988 I
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NUMBER 2
i Announcement B. N. Pandya and T. Kant
119
A refined higher-order generally orthotropic Co plate bending element
P. Chang and T. Healey
135
Computation of symmetry modes and exact reduction in nonlinear structural analysis
F. W. Williams and D. Kennedy
143
Fast Gauss-Doolittle matrix triangulation
C. Franciosi
149
Three subroutines for the analysis of suspension bridges
C. H. Yeom, M. P. Scardera and S. W. Lee
155
Shell analysis with a combination of eight node and nine node finite elements
R. S. Langley
165
Harmonic linearisation of geometrically non-linear finite element models
G. J. Simitses and Z. Chen
173
Buckling of delaminated, long, cylindrical panels under pressure
M. A. Ajiz
185
Numerical solution of hollow circular cylinders using finite element technique with parallel and columnly linked data structures
K. Kanaka Raju and G. Venkateswara Rao
195
Thermal post-buckling of a square plate resting on an elastic foundation by finite element method
A. Raman and M. Annamalai
201
Structural scale modelling in buckling
T. Y o k o y a m a
207
Parametric instability of Timoshenko beams resting on an elastic foundation
S. Wang
217
Finite element analysis for shock absorbers of pilot seats
H. V. S. GangaRao and V. K. Chaudhary
223
Analysis of skew and triangular plates in bending
R. I. W a t k i n s
237
Limiting the size of composite optimization problems
M. M. EIMadany
241
Design and optimization of truck suspensions using covariance analysis
D. Zois
247
Parallel processing techniques for FE analysis: stiffnesses, loads and stresses evaluation
D. Zois
261
Parallel processing techniques for FE analysis: system solution
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M . Pourazady, M . L. B r o w n and R. L. Huston
275
Computer modelling of the effects of cyclic loading on a viscoelastic rod
S. H. S i m m o n d s and D. K. Playdon
283
Modelling soil-structure interaction construction
C. Farhat and E. Wilson
289
A parallel active column equation solver
Y. Liu and K. Chen
305
I
Technical Note Modifications of the program 'A versatile twodimensional mesh generator with automatic bandwidth reduction' for superelements sharing more than one boundary
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i
Announcement
G. Gounaris and A. D i m a r o g o n a s
309
A finite element of a cracked prismatic beam for structural analysis
R. A. Chaudhuri
31 5
A degenerate triangular shell element with constant cross-sectional warping
P. Kumar
327
Nonhomogeneous elements
M. D. V a n d e r b i l t and M. E. Criswell
335
Reliability structures
J. N. Dube
345
Computer-aided design of machine-tool structure with model techniques
W. A. M. A l w i s
353
Limit analysis mechanisms
A. Deb and M . Booton
361
Finite element models for stiffened plates under transverse loading
S. S. Hsieh, E. C. Ting and W. F. Chen
373
Applications of a plastic-fracture model to concrete structures
J. D. Lee
395
Finite element procedures for large strain elasticplastic theories
J. P e t r o l i t o and B. W. Golley
407
Plate bending analysis using macro elements
B. Chen and Y. Hu
421
The torsional stiffness matrix of a thin-walled beam and its application to beams under combined loading
and
analysis
of
using
cross-anisotropic
pole-type
systematically
infinite
transmission
generated
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Announcements 433
Stress Analysis and the Micro-88, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, U.K., 26-27 April 1988
434
Nineteenth Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 5-6 May 1988
435
Erratum
I
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i Announcement N. Miyazaki
437
Creep buckling analysis of circular cylindrical shell under both axial compression and internal or external pressure
B. Vahdani-Sanavi and L. Carter W e l l f o r d , Jr
443
A singular perturbation-finite element procedure for the analysis of edge effects in shell structures
H. S. Tzou and M. Gadre
453
Finite element modeling of nonlinear active and passive dampers applied to vibration controls
W. C. H w a n g and C. T. Sun
461
Analysis of interlaminar stresses near curved freeedges of laminated composites using iterative finite element method
B. M. Kwak and S. S. Lee
469
A complementarity problem formulation for twodimensional frictional contact problems
P. G. P a p a d o p o u l o s and C. G. Karayannis
481
Seismic analysis of R/C frames by network models
N. W a t a n a b e and K. Kondo
495
A new simplified finite element method for elasticplastic analysis of plate bending problems
S. C. Lee and C. H. Yoo
505
A novel shell element including in-plane torque effect
H. E. Febres-Cedillo and M. A. Bhatti
523
A simple strain energy based finite element mesh refinement scheme
T. Y. Kam and S. C. Lin
535
Nonlinear dynamic analysis of inelastic steel plane frames
C. W. Park and Y. M. Yoo
543
Shape design sensitivity analysis of a twodimensional heat transfer system using the boundary element method
M. D. V a n d e r b i l t and M. E. Criswell
551
Analysis and design of single-pole transmission structures
Compendium Paper
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Contents NUMBER
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i Announcement C. M. W a n g and K. K. Ang
563
Buckling capacities of braced heavy columns under an axial load
L. M a r j a n o v i b and A. Sedmak
573
A contribution to the optimal numbering of a ring structure
C. Farhat
579
A simple and efficient decomposer
automatic
R. LeMaster, V. Nopratvarakorn and T. Theiss
603
Elastic-plastic structures
of
M. S. Cheung and W. Li
621
Analysis of haunched, continuous bridges by the finite strip method
K. M. Hsiao, F. Y. Hou and K. V. Spiliopoulos
627
Large displacement analysis of elasto-plastic frames
M. Ohga and T. S h i g e m a t s u
635
Bending analysis of plates with variable thickness by boundary element-transfer matrix method
B. L. Karihaloo and S. Kanagasundaram
641
Optimum structures under strength and stiffness constraints
S. Cognini and E. Speranzini
663
Technical Notes Stability of visco-elastic program
W. Garth S m i t h
677
Analytic solutions for tapered column buckling
J. Pietrzak
683
A note on optimum geometry of a portal frame
analysis
tubular
columns:
FEM domain
transmission
a
computer
Announcements
689
Seventh Conference, Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis and ADINA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 2-4 August 1989 Fourth International Conference on Tall Buildings, Hong Kong and Shanghai, April/May 1988
I
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Contents NUMBER 6
i Announcement D. Karamanlidis
691
Alternative FEM formulations for the inelastic large deflection analysis of plane frames
A. F. Sayegh and F. K. Tso
699
Finite element analysis of 3-D beam-columns on a nonlinear foundation
R. R. Kumar and Y. V. K. S. Rao
717
Free vibrations of multilayered thick composite shells
T. Kucharski
723
A numerical method for dynamic response analysis of discrete systems
H. Aggour and C. T. Sun
729
Finite element analysis of a laminated composite plate subjected to circularly distributed central impact loading
M . S. Rao, P. S. Nair and S. Durvasula
737
Use of modal energy distribution in the design of honeycomb sandwich decks
A. Gupta
745
Knowledge-based expert systems in offshore structural design
G. Yang
749
Panpenalty finite element programming for plastic limit analysis
A. Hanaor
757
Prestressed pin-jointed structures--flexibility analysis and prestress design
K. K. Tamma and K. C. Saw
771
Adaptive p-version based finite element formulations for thermal modeling/analysis of structural configurations
E. Nikolaidis and R. Burdisso 781
Reliability based optimization: a safety index approach
A. Alaylioglu and H. Alaylioglu
789
Hybrid plate vibration analysis
J. Mackerle
797
models
for
coarse-mesh
Compendium Paper Finite element addendum
codes
for
microcomputers--an
Software survey section List of Contents and Author Index for Volume 28, 1988
AUTHORINDEX
Hanaor, A. 757 Harder, R . L . 75 Healey, T. 135 Hou, F. Y. 627 Hsiao, K. M. 627 Hsieh, S. S. 373 Hu, Y. 421 Huston, R. L. 275 Hwang, W. C. 461
Aggour, H. 729 Ajiz, M . A . 185 Alaylioglu, A. 789 Alaylioglu, H. 789 Alwis, W. A. M. 353 Ang, K. K. 563 Annamalai, M. 201 Benedict, R. L. 1 Bhatti, M . A . 523 Blandford, G. E. 105 Booton, M. 361 Brown, M. L. 275 Burdisso, R. 781 Carter Wellford, Jr, L. 443 Chang, P. 135 Chaudhary, V. K. 223 (3%audhuri, R. A. 315 Chen, B. 421 Cb~_n, C.-L. 67 Chen, K. 305 Chert, L.-W. 67 Chen, W. F. 373 Chen, Z. 173 Cheung, M. S. 621 Choi, K. K. 1 Cognini, S. 663 Criswell, M. E. 335, 551 Deb, A. 361 Dimarogonas, A. 309 Dopker, B. 1 Dube, J. N. 345 Durvasula, S. 737 Eareckson, P . D . EIMadany, M. M.
59 241
Farhat, C. 289, 579 Febres-Cedillo, H. E. Feng, Y. 15 Franciosi, C. 149 Gadre, M. 453 GangaRao, H. V. S. 223 Garth Smith, W. 677 Golley, B . W . 407 Gounaris, G. 309 Gupta, A. 745
523
Park, C . W . 543 Petrolito, J. 407 Pietrzak, J. 683 Playdon, D. K. 283 Pourazady, M. 275
Kam, T . Y . 535 Kanagasundaram, S. 641 Kanaka Raju, K. 195 Kant, T. 119 Karamanlidis, D. 691 Karayannis, C. G. 481 Karihaloo, B. L. 641 Kennedy, D. 143 Kondo, K. 495 Kuc%~rski, T. 723 Kumar, P. 327 Kumar, R. R. 717 Kwak, B. M. 469 Langley, R. S. 165 LeMaster, R. 603 Lee, J. D. 395 Lee, S. C. 505 Lee, S. S. 469 Lee, S . W . 155 Li, W. 621 Lin, S. C. 535 Liu, Y. 305 Lo, S . H . 37
Saw, K. C. 7 7 1 Sayegh, A. F. 699 Scardera, M. P. 155 Sedmak, A. 573 Shanmugam, N. E. 85 Shigematsu, T. 635 Simitses, G. J. 173 Simmonds, S. H. 283 S~uz~lec, A. 53 Speranzini, E. 663 Spiliopoulos, K. V. 627 Sreedhara Rao, V. V. 93 Sun, C. T. 461, 729 Surya Kumar, G. V. 93 Tamma, K. K. 25, 771 Theiss, T. 603 Ting, E. C. 373 Tso, F. K. 699 Tzou, H. S. 453 Vahdani-Sanavi, B. 443 Vanderbilt, M. D. 335, 551 Venkateswara Rao, G. 195
Ma~eal, R. H. 75 Mackerle, J. 797 Mar janovid, L. 573 Minguez, J. M. 47 Miyazaki, N. 437 Moshaiov, A. 59
Wang, C. M. 563 Wang, S. 217 Watanabe, N. 495 Watkins, R. I. 237 Williams, F . W . 143 Wilson, E. 289
Nair, P. S. 737 Nikolaidis, E. 781 Nopratvarakorn, V. 603 C~%ga, M.
Railkar, S. B. 25 Raman, A. 201 Raman, N . V . 93 Rao, M. S. 737 Rao, Y. V. K. S. 717
635
Yang, G. 749 Yeom, C. H. 155 Yokoyama, T. 207 Yoo, C. H. 505 Yoo, Y. M. 543 Yu, C. H.
Pa~x~a, B . N . 119 Papadopoulos, P. G. ix
481
Zois, D.
85P
247, 261