Chronological List of Sessions (with Details)


Tuesday 9:00am

Opening statements
C.M. Vest , President M.I.T.


Plenary lectures


9:00 to 10:30am
Chairpersons: K.J. Bathe , S. Rugonyi
Room: Kresge Auditorium (W16)

Subgrid scales, augmented problems and stabilizations
F. Brezzi (speaker)

GM's journey to math: the virtual vehicle
R.M. Ottolini (speaker) and S.M. Rohde


10:30 to 11:00am
Coffee break


11:00 to 12:30am
Chairpersons: S.M. Rohde , S. Rugonyi
Room: Kresge Auditorium (W16)

The immersed boundary method for incompressible fluid-structure interaction
D.M. McQueen, C.S. Peskin (speaker) and L. Zhu

Trends in the design analysis of aerospace vehicles
R.L. Dreisbach (speaker) and R.R. Cosner




Tuesday 2:00pm



15 - Advanced problems in computational shell mechanics, Part I

Room: 16-160
Chairpersons: W.B. Kraetzig , R. Harte

Layered higher order concepts for D-adaptivity in shell theory (Keynote presentation)
W.B. Kraetzig and D. Jun
Computer techniques for simulation of nonisothermal elastoplastic shell responses
J. Soric and Z. Tonkovic
Computer simulations and crack damage evaluation for the durability design of the world largest cooling tower shell at Niederaussem power station
R. Harte and U. Montag
Simulation of large deformations in shell structures in the p-version of the finite element method
Y. Basar, U. Hanskotter, O. Kintzel and C. Schwab


23 - Advances in contact mechanics: theory, implementation and applications, Part I

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: S.A. Meguid , L. Kubler

Modeling 2D contact surfaces using cubic splines (Keynote presentation)
N. El-Abbasi and S.A. Meguid
Mathematical study of the contact between a drop and a cylindrical fibre
T. Hamieh and A. Brillard
Multibody system/finite element contact simulation with an energy-based switching criterion
L. Kübler and P. Eberhard
Simulation of frictional contact in three-dimensions using the material point method
S.G. Bardenhagen, O. Byutner, D. Bedrov and G.D. Smith


50 - Computational fluid structure interaction and multiphysics, Part I

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: C.A. Felippa , K. Maute

Interactions between sloshing modes and incompressible hydroelastic modes for internal fluid-structure systems (Keynote presentation)
J.S. Schotté and R. Ohayon
Accelerated iterative substructuring schemes for instationary fluid-structure interaction
D.P. Mok, W.A. Wall and E. Ramm
HPC for the optimization of aeroelastic systems
K. Maute, M. Nikbay and C. Farhat
A symmetric time integration formulation for a class of coupled problems
G. Sandberg, P. Davidsson and L. Beldie


55 - Computational mechanics of material failure, Part I

Room: 2-136
Chairpersons: T. Siegmund , M. Hosseini

Simulation of interface fatigue crack growth via a fracture process zone model (Keynote presentation)
K. Roe and T. Siegmund
Simulation of cup-cone fracture in round bars using the cohesive zone model
I. Scheider
A continuum mechanics based model for simulation of radiation wave from a crack
S. Han and M. Xiao
Micromechanical analysis of two-phase materials including plasticity and damage
C. Gonzalez and J. Llorca


78 - Fictitious domain methods, Part I

Room: 2-142
Chairpersons: Y. Kuznetsov , F. Valentin

A fictitious domain/wave-like equation method for viscoelastic particulate flows (Keynote presentation)
T.W. Pan and R. Glowinski
A fictitious domain method for linear elasticity problems
J. Martikainen, R.A.E. Makinen, T. Rossi and J. Toivanen
A universal numerical solver for solid, liquid and gas
T. Yabe
The penalization method: an efficient tool to modelize obstacles with different permeabilities
C.H. Bruneau and I. Mortazavi


80 - Flow in porous media, Part I

Room: 2-147
Chairpersons: P.M. Mariano , M.L. Munoz Ruiz

Stochastic flow through multifractal porous media (Keynote presentation)
D. Veneziano and A.K. Essiam
Parallel algorithms for miscible displacement in porous media
G. Alduncin, A. Nicolas and N. Vera-Guzman
Model-based simulation of demineralization processes in cracked porous media
M. Mainguy, F.J. Ulm and F.H. Heukamp
Coupling damage and moisture induced phenomena in open porous materials
J. Carmeliet


83 - Geotechnical modelling, Part I

Room: 4-159
Chairpersons: S. Sloan , N. Ruse

Limit analysis using finite elements and nonlinear programming (Keynote presentation)
A.V. Lyamin and S.W. Sloan
The importance of pore water pressures in modelling time dependent soil behaviour
D.M. Potts
Numerical aspects of analytical solutions of elastodynamic problems
A. Verruijt
On the stability of the tunnel excavation front
P.A. Vermeer and N. Ruse


86 - High performance computing in solid and structural mechanics, Part I

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: M. Papadrakakis , Y. Fragakis

Parallel computational strategies for structural optimisation (Keynote presentation)
M. Papadrakakis, N.D. Lagaros and Y. Fragakis
LATIN strategy for coupled fluid-solid problems in the domain
D. Dureisseix, P. Ladeveze and B.A. Schrefler
A matrix description for the domain decomposition methods of the FETI family
D.J. Rixen, P. Le Tallec and A. Klawonn
The p-version FEA: high performance with and without parallelization
M. Rucker and E. Rank


94 - Incompressible flow simulations, Part I

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: T.E. Tezduyar , L. Haubelt

Interface-tracking and interface-capturing techniques for computation of two-fluid flows (Keynote presentation)
T.E. Tezduyar
Aerodynamics of the Crew Return Vehicle and parafoil at different opening stages
L. Haubelt, R. Melton, W. Yee and T.E. Tezduyar
Aerodynamic simulation of an object separating from an aircraft during initial deployment
V. Udoewa, R. Keedy, T. Nonoshita, T.E. Tezduyar, K. Stein and A. Johnson
Aerodynamic interaction between multiple parachute canopies
K. Stein, R. Benney, T.E. Tezduyar, V. Kumar, E. Thornburg, C. Kyle and T. Nonoshita


97 - Increasing knowledge, improving education

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: A.K. Noor , J. Long

Future simulation and learning networks (Keynote presentation, Abstract)
A.K. Noor
Building understanding through virtual world constructing 3d models and visualizations for learning (Abstract)
K.E. Hay and M. Hannafin
Scaling of knowledge in random conceptual networks (Abstract)
L.J. Durak and A.W. Hübler
Structural optimization in consideration of stochastic phenomena-a new wave in engineering
D. Hartmann, M. Baitsch and H. Weber


103 - Large scale, multi-physics engineering simulations using massively parallel computer architectures, Part I

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: S. Key , M. Moubachir

SIERRA, A software environment for developing complex multi-physics applications (Keynote presentation)
H.C. Edwards and J.R. Stewart
An approach to coupled, multi-physics thermal analysis
S.W. Bova and R. Lober
Parallel adaptive development using the SIERRA framework
J.R. Stewart and H.C. Edwards
ADAGIO, Non-linear quasi-static structural response using the SIERRA framework
J.A. Mitchell, A.S. Gullerud, W.M. Scherzinger, J.R. Koteras and V.L. Porter


106 - Meshless techniques, Part I

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: S.R. Idelsohn , M.B. Liu

A meshless finite element method (Keynote presentation, Abstract)
S. Idelsohn, N. Calvo and F. Del Pin
Meshless methods applied to potential flow problems
G. Mosqueira, I. Colominas, F. Navarrina and F. Manuel Casteleiro
Analysis of the forced convection boiling with the particle interaction method
N. Shirakawa, H. Horie and Y. Yamamoto
Solution of the incompressible fluid dynamics problem via the R-function meshfree method
I. Tsukanov, V. Shapiro, C. Rutland and S. Zhang


137 - Nonlinear dynamics of fluid/structure interaction

Room: 2-151
Chairpersons: E.H. Dowell , M. Amabili

Reduced order system identification of nonlinear aeroelastic systems (Keynote presentation)
B.I. Epureanu and E.H. Dowell
Numerical estimation of the flutter derivatives of an airfoil
O.P. Le Maitre, R.H. Scanlan and O.M. Knio
Nonlinear dynamics of circular cylindrical shells coupled to a flowing fluid
M. Amabili, F. Pellicano and M.P. Paidoussis
Supersonic flutter of a circular cylindrical shell with structural nonlinearity
M. Amabili and F. Pellicano


144 - Probabilistic mechanics and structural reliability, Part I

Room: 2-135
Chairpersons: D.M. Frangopol , C. Borri

Probabilistic models for predicting the failure time of deteriorating structural systems (Keynote presentation)
J.S. Kong, F. Akgul, D.M. Frangopol and Y. Xi
Nonstationary flow forces for the numerical simulation of aeroelastic instability of bridge decks
C. Borri, C. Costa and W. Zahlten
Uncertainty analysis of large-scale structures using high fidelity models
R.C. Penmetsa and R.V. Grandhi
Probabilistic life prediction for mechanical components including HCF/LCF/creep interactions
D.M. Ghiocel and H. Mao


148 - p-version FEA for non-linear problems

Room: 2-146
Chairpersons: B. Szabo , E.N. Dvorkin

Hierarchic modeling strategies for control of the errors of idealization in FEA (Keynote presentation)
B. Szabo and R.L. Actis
h- versus p-version finite element analysis for J_2 flow theory
E. Rank and A. Duster
Non-linear stability analysis of stiffened shells using solid elements and the p-version FE-method
A. Zdunek
Using Pro/MECHANICA for nonlinear problems in engineering design
L.E. Doxsee Jr.


164 - Turbulent flows, Part I

Room: 2-132
Chairpersons: C.E. Dalhuysen , R. Iozzi

Turbulence and instabilities (Keynote presentation, Abstract)
O.M. Belotserkovskii
Dynamic computational subgrid modeling in turbulent reactive flow problems
J. Hoffman
Evaluation of a one-dimensional vertical model for turbulence modelling in wave boundary layers
C.E. Dalhuysen and G.P. Mocke
Natural convection in a vertical slot using an improved type two-layer turbulence model (Abstract)
R. Bennacer, T. Hammami and A.A. Mohamad




4:00 to 4:30pm
Coffee break




Tuesday 4:30pm



16 - Advanced problems in computational shell mechanics, Part II

Room: 16-160
Chairpersons: W.B. Kraetzig , I. Lubowiecka

About linear and quadratic 'solid-shell' elements at large deformations
M. Harnau and K. Schweizerhof
MITC finite elements for adaptive laminated composite shells
R. Iozzi and P. Gaudenzi
Optimal triangular membrane elements with drilling freedoms
C.A. Felippa
Accurate analysis of shell structures by a virtually meshless method
K. Goto, G Yagawa and T. Miyamura


24 - Advances in contact mechanics: theory, implementation and applications, Part II

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: J. Goldak , A. Czekanski

Coupled thermal stresses analysis in die casting: a contact problem
J. Goldak, V. Aldea, J. Zhou, S. Wang, M. Mocanita, D. Downey and B. Wang
On a new segment-to-segment contact algorithm
N. El-Abbasi and K.J. Bathe
Frictional contact analysis of articular surfaces
X. Chen and T. Hisada
An object oriented finite element implementation of large deformation frictional contact problems and applications
M.M. Toukourou, A. Gakwaya and A. Yazdani


27 - Algorithms

Room: 2-132
Chairpersons: G.A. Gravvanis , N. Nuno

A construction of monotone schemes of high-order accuracy for hyperbolic problems (Abstract)
Y.A. Kholodov
Phenomenon of overlapping of characteristic curves in nonconservative systems: theory and applications (Abstract)
O.N. Kirillov and A.P.Seyranian
Generalized multiwavelet constructions on 3-D unstructured grids with applications to PDEs (Abstract)
K. Amaratunga and J.E. Castrillon-Candas
Research on numerical inverse isoparametric mapping interpolation and its application in large-scale 3-D FEM analysis (Abstract)
X. Yang, L. Xianqi, G. Xiurun and X. Yanping


40 - Composites and laminates, Part I

Room: 2-151
Chairpersons: D. Slinchenko , X. Peng

Sensitivity study on material characterization of textile composites
X. Peng and J. Cao
Vibration suppression of laminated composite plates using magnetostrictive inserts
S.C. Pradhan, K.Y. Lam, T.Y. Ng and J.N. Reddy
Modeling of adaptive composite structures using a layerwise theory
J.E. Semedo Garcao, C.M. Mota Soares, C.A. Mota Soares and J.N. Reddy
Structural analysis of composite lattice structures on the basis of smearing stiffness
D. Slinchenko and V.E. Verijenko


43 - Computational fluid dynamics, Part I

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: J.W. Bull , M. Bathe

Hierarchical expansion method in the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible fluids in laminar two-dimensional flow
E.L.L. Cabral and G. Sabundjian
Comparison of wall laws for unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations over rough interfaces
Y. Achdou, O. Pironneau and F. Valentin
On the periodicity of the extra-stress tensor in non-Newtonian steady recirculating flows
G. Chaidron and F. Chinesta
Numerical simulations of viscoelastic flow around sharp corners
M.A. Alves, P.J. Oliveira and F.T. Pinho


51 - Computational fluid structure interaction and multiphysics, Part II

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: H.G. Matthies , R. Ohayon

The effect of hydrodynamic loading on the structural reliability of culvert valves in lock systems
R.J. James, L. Zhang, D.M. Schaaf and G.A. Werncke
Dispersion and concentration of Lagrangian particles in a neutral atmosphere, using a Markov chain-Monte Carlo model
R. Avila and S.S. Raza
Modeling and analysis of a 3-D asymmetric mine-soil-structure interaction problem with mine buried in dry and wet sand
A. Das Gupta


56 - Computational mechanics of material failure, Part II

Room: 2-136
Chairpersons: T. Siegmund , K. Roe

Consistency of damage mechanics modeling of ductile material failure in reference to attribute transferability
A. Laukkanen
Nonlocal numerical modelling of the deformation and failure behavior of hydrostatic-stress-dependent ductile metals
H. Obrecht, M. Brunig, S. Berger and S. Ricci
Genetic algorithm for crack detection in beams
M. Palacz and M. Krawczuk
Finite-element simulation of complex dynamic fracture processes in concrete
G. Ruiz, A. Pandolfi and M. Ortiz


84 - Geotechnical modelling, Part II

Room: 4-159
Chairpersons: S. Sloan , F. Dufour

Geometric softening in geotechnical problems
J.P Carter and C.X. Wang
Coupled analysis for geotechnical and environmental applications
A. Gens, L. do N. Guimaraes and S. Olivella
Computational and physical modelling of penetration resistance
M.F. Randolph
Numerical and analytical modeling of ground deformation due to shallow tunnelling in soft soils
A.J. Whittle, Y.M. Hsieh, F. Pinto and Y. Chatzigianelis


87 - High performance computing in solid and structural mechanics, Part II

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: M. Papadrakakis , Y. Fragakis

Data management and load balancing schemes for 3D parallel adaptive hp FEM
J. Long, S. Sanjanwala and A. Patra
Distributed memory parallel computing for crash and stamp simulations
S. Vlachoutsis and J. Clinckemaillie
Skull mechanics simulations with the prototype SimBio environment
U. Hartmann, F. Kruggel, T. Hierl, G. Lonsdale and R. Kloppel
A geometric-algebraic method for semi-definite problems in structural mechanics
M. Papadrakakis and Y. Fragakis


104 - Large scale, multi-physics engineering simulations using massively parallel computer architectures, Part II

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: S. Key , M. Moubachir

ACME, A parallel library of algorithms for contact in a multi-physics environment
K.H. Brown, M.W. Glass, A.S. Gullerud, M.W. Heinstein, R.E. Jones and R.M. Summers
PRESTO, Impact dynamics with scalable contact using the SIERRA framework
J.R. Koteras, A.S. Gullerud, V.L. Porter, W.M. Scherzinger and K.H. Brown
ALEGRA, A framework for energetic, coupled physics simulations (Abstract)
K.G. Budge, R.M. Summers, R.R. Drake and M.K. Wong
Physics applications in the ALEGRA framework
M.K. Wong, J.R. Weatherby, C.D. Turner, A.C. Robinson, T.A. Haill and D.E. Carroll


107 - Meshless techniques, Part II

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: S.R. Idelsohn , M.B. Liu

Particle method for fluid and solid dynamics
S. Koshizuka, Y. Chikazawa and Y. Oka
Simulation of the explosive detonation process using SPH methodology
G.R. Liu, M.B. Liu, Y.C. Lam and Z. Zong
Mfree2D: an adaptive stress analysis package based on mesh free technology
G.R. Liu and Z.H. Tu
A mesh free method for free vibration analysis of composite laminates of complicated shape
G.R. Liu and X.L.Chen


121 - Model-order reduction

Room: 2-142
Chairpersons: J. White , J.R. Li

Reduction of large circuit models via low rank system gramians
J.R. Li and J. White
Modeling gas damping and spring phenomena in MEMS with frequency dependent macromodels
Y.J. Yang, M. Kamon, V.L. Rabinovich, C. Ghadder, M. Deshpande, K. Greiner and J.R. Gilbert
Reduced-basis output bound methods for heat transfer problems
D.V. Rovas, T. Leurent, C. Prud'homme and A.T. Patera
Projection-based model reduction using implicit nonlinearity representation
J.R. Phillips


145 - Probabilistic mechanics and structural reliability, Part II

Room: 2-135
Chairpersons: D.M. Frangopol , M. Savoia

A unified procedure for simulating second-order stochastic processes
S.T. Quek , S.P. Huang and K.K. Phoon
Reliability analysis of structures against buckling according to fuzzy number theory
M. Savoia
Stochastic seismic analysis of R-FBI isolation system
P. Cacciola, N. Impollonia and G. Muscolino
Random vibration of structures under multi-support seismic excitations
Y. Zhang and J. Lin


155 - Solid mechanics

Room: 2-147
Chairpersons: E.N. Dvorkin , V. Havu

Computational elasticity based on boundary eigensolutions
A.R. Hadjesfandiari and G.F. Dargush
Analysis of bi-material interfaces and boundary eigensolutions (Abstract)
A.R. Hadjesfandiari and G.F. Dargush
A method to analyse the non-linear dynamic behaviour of rubber components using standard FE codes
P.E. Austrell, A.K. Olsson and M. Jonsson
An application of the upper bound method for the analysis of three-dimensional section extrusion (Abstract)
S.K. Sahoo, P.K. Kar and R.K. Sahoo


156 - Structural dynamics, Part I

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: V. Manno , M.A. Fernandez

Non-linear analysis of trajectories of vehicles traversing street curbs (Abstract)
R. Wuttrich, J. Toth, J.W. Wekezer and F. Apitz
Time-frequency pneumatic transmission line analysis
G. Belforte, W. Franco and M. Sorli
Design and framework of reduced instruction set codes for scalable computations for non-linear structural dynamics
R. Kanapady and K.K. Tamma
Relocation of natural frequencies using physical parameter modifications
M.S. Djoudi and H. Bahai






Wednesday 9:00am

Plenary lectures


9:00 to 10:30am
Chairpersons: R.L. Dreisbach , J.F. Hiller
Room: Kresge Auditorium (W16)

Efficient simulation techniques for complicated micromachined devices
N. Aluru, W. Ye, D. Ramaswamy, X. Wang and J. White (speaker)

Issues in the seismic analysis of bridges
T.J. Ingham (speaker)


10:30 to 11:00am
Coffee break


11:00 to 12:30am
Chairpersons: F. Brezzi, J.F. Hiller
Room: Kresge Auditorium (W16)

Virtual control algorithms
J.L. Lions (deceased), O. Pironneau (speaker)

Numerical methods for prediction and evaluation of geometrical defects in sheet metal forming
A. Makinouchi (speaker) and C. Teodosiu





Wednesday 2:00pm



5 - 12th HP technology trends in computational engineering symposium; Track I: Non-linear structural analysis and fluid-structure interaction

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: L. Fisher , O.A. Bauchau

The state in coupled nonlinear analysis in support of "Virtual Manufacturing" (Abstract)
R. Sadeghi
Design sensitivity analysis in ABAQUS (Abstract)
J. Coster
Reliability in practical finite element analysis (Abstract)
J. Walczak
A transducer finite element for dynamic coupled electrostatic-structural coupling simulation of MEMS devices (Abstract)
M. Gyimesi and D. Ostergaard


6 - 12th HP technology trends in computational engineering symposium; Track II: Crash, crush and metal forming

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: K. Christensen , M. Meyer

From PAM-CRASH to multi-physics: a widening scope for dynamic simulation (Abstract)
P. Culière
Thin shell formulations and quality of results of crash numerical simulations (Abstract)
F. Arnaudeau, G. Winkelmuller and Q. Zeng
Development of roll over crashworthiness prevention method using virtual proving ground (VPG) techniques (Abstract)
T. Palmer, N. Tamini and B. Honken
Challenges in crash safety simulation, improved prediction for out of position airbag inflation, efficient and predictive structural analysis, and integration of crash simulation in the design process (Abstract)
A.C. Steenbrink and R. Happee


25 - Advances in contact mechanics: theory, implementation and applications, Part III

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: H.W. Klein , M. Al-Dojayli

Time integration for dynamic contact problems: Generalized-alpha scheme
A. Czekanski and S.A. Meguid
Allowances and tolerances for a shaft-hub joint: a contact problem (Abstract)
H.W. Klein
Dynamics of wearing contact in groundwood manufacturing system
S.S. Launis, E.K. Keskinen and M. Cotsaftis
Shape optimization of frictional contact problems using genetic algorithm
M. Al-Dojayli and S.A. Meguid


41 - Composites and laminates, Part II

Room: 2-151
Chairpersons: X. Peng , S. Cen

On local solutions for piezoelectric laminates
P. Masarati and G.L. Ghiringhelli
Electroelastic analysis of general piezoelectric composite laminates by boundary integral equations
G. Davi and A. Milazzo
Modelling of intra-and interlaminar fracture in composite laminates loaded in tension
M. Kashtalyan and C. Soutis
A new hybrid-enhanced displacement-based element for the analysis of laminated composite plates
S. Cen, Y. Long and Z. Yao


57 - Computational mechanics of material failure, Part III

Room: 2-136
Chairpersons: T. Siegmund , M. Palacz

Fatigue analysis during one-parametered loadings
J. Zarka and H. Karaouni
Nonlinear finite element modeling of surface cracks in a nuclear pressure pipe (Abstract)
F. Labbe and J.R. Donoso
Computational fatigue design under complex loading (Abstract)
M.A Meggiolaro and J.T.P Castro
Computational fatigue crack propagation in arbitrary geometries including retardation effects (Abstract)
M.A. Meggiolaro, J.T.P Castro and L.F. Martha


73 - Design and optimization

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: S. Butkewitsch , S. Shankaran

On the use of "meta-models" to account for multidisciplinarity and uncertainty in design analysis and optimization
S. Butkewitsch
Analysis and design of two-dimensional sails
S. Shankaran and A. Jameson
Computational application in analysis and design of tensile structures (Abstract)
S.L. McCabe and T.H. Zhang


75 - Domain decomposition, variational methods

Room: 2-147
Chairpersons: S. Sarkar , R. Vodicka

A note on the rate of convergence and complexity of domain decomposition approximate inverse preconditioning
G.A. Gravvanis
Domain decomposition with mortar elements for hyperbolic problems
A. El Boukili and Y. Bourgault
A Fourier-Galerkin technique to predict periodic and quasi-periodic response of large order nonlinear systems
S. Sarkar and K. Venkatraman


79 - Fictitious domain methods, Part II

Room: 2-142
Chairpersons: O. Pironneau , F. Valentin

A fictitious domain method for unilateral contact problems in non-destructive testing
E. Bécache, P. Joly and G. Scarella
A fictitious domain general PDE solver
S. Del Pino and O. Pironneau
A fictitious domain problem
C. Bernardi, V. Girault, F. Hecht, H. Kawarada and O. Pironneau
Numerical simulation of spilled oil drifted on the sloping beach
H. Kawarada and H. Suito


85 - Geotechnical modelling, Part III

Room: 4-159
Chairpersons: F. Dufour , I.A. Guz

Accuracy of analytical approaches to compressive fracture of layered solids under large deformations
I.A. Guz and C. Soutis
A fluid-like formulation for viscoelastic geological modeling stabilized for the elastic limit
F. Dufour, L. Moresi and H. Muhlhaus
Three-dimensional stability analysis of slope based on the principle of minimum potential energy (Abstract)
L. Xiaoqiang and L. You


88 - High performance computing in solid and structural mechanics, Part III

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: M. Papadrakakis , U. Vinu Unnithan

Reliability-based optimization using neural networks
M. Papadrakakis and N.D. Lagaros
Application of the LATIN method to the calculation of response surfaces
P.A. Boucard
Superelement based adaptive finite element analysis for linear and nonlinear continua under distributed computing environment
C.S. Krishnamoorthy, V. Annamalai and U. Vinu Unnithan
Parallel simulation of reinforced concrete column on a PC cluster
J. Nemecek, B. Patzak and Z. Bittnar


95 - Incompressible flow simulations, Part II

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: M. Hafez , L. Haubelt

High-end computing for incompressible flows (Abstract)
D. Kwak and C. Kiris
Comparison between Lattice Boltzmann and Navier-Stokes solutions for incompressible flows (Abstract)
N. Satofuka, H. Nishida and Y. Ishikawa
Direct numerical simulation of transitional flows in confined rotating cavities (Abstract)
O. Czarny, E. Serre and P. Bontoux
Viscous/inviscid interaction procedure for simulation of high Reynolds number flows (Abstract)
M. Hafez


102 - Large eddy simulations

Room: 2-132
Chairpersons: D.O. Snyder , Y. Zhang

Parallel large eddy simulation technique with heat-transfer using tetrahedral finite-elements
M. Kaiho, I. Sawada, T. Yokohari, M. Ikegawa and C. Kato
A finite/spectral incompressible Navier-Stokes solver for eventual application to 2-D large eddy simulations
D.O. Snyder and G. Degrez
Large Eddy Simulation of an exhaust system component (Abstract)
F. Périé and F. Arnaudeau
A stimulated small scale model of LES for calculation of airflow in and around buildings
M. Su and Q. Chen


108 - Meshless techniques, Part III

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: S. De , R. Keck

DOF splitting p-adaptive meshless method
M.S. Kang and S.K. Youn
An implicit time integration strategy for use with the material point method
J.E. Guilkey and J. Weiss
A virtually meshless formulation for compressible high speed flows with free mesh method
T. Fujisawa and G. Yagawa
A new meshless regular hybrid boundary node method
J. Zhang and Z. Yao


117 - Modeling and analysis, Part I

Room: 2-146
Chairpersons: S. Sloan , A.M. Kuthe

Modelling the response of reinforced plastic joins to fire
M.R.E. Looyeh
Computer aided analysis of mechanism considering the effect of wear of joints (Abstract)
A.M. Kuthe and J.P. Modak
Kinetic model for a mixed collisional rarified gas flow (Abstract)
O. Batishchev and K. Molvig
An efficient thermomechanical modeling strategy for progressing cavity pumps and positive displacement motors
D. Dall'Acqua, A.W. Lipsett, M.G. Faulkner and T.M.V. Kaiser


131 - Multiplicity and stability: continuation schemes and bifurcation algorithms, Part I

Room: 2-143
Chairpersons: L. Wang , D.P. Mok

Multiplicity and stability in transport phenomena
L. Wang
Numerical schemes of capturing multiple solutions of steady convective heat transfer with system rotation
D. Yang and L. Wang
Instability behaviors of thermocapillary convection in a system of two-layer liquids
Q.S. Liu and W.R. Hu
Near-wall turbulence closure based on coherent structures (Abstract)
L. Lu and M. Chen


146 - Probabilistic mechanics and structural reliability, Part III

Room: 2-135
Chairpersons: D.M. Frangopol , R.R. Zhang

Localization phenomena in randomly microcracked bodies
G. Augusti, P.M. Mariano and F.L. Stazi
Reliability based importance assessment of structural members
E.S.Gharaibeh, J.S. McCartney and D.M. Frangopol
Stochastic process/field models for turbomachinery applications
D.M. Ghiocel
Vibration transmissibility of printed circuit boards by calibrated FEA modeling
J. Wu, R.R. Zhang and S. Radons


153 - Reliable finite element methods for shells, Part I

Room: 16-160
Chairpersons: D. Chapelle , M. Malinen

Energy estimates for linear elastic shells
C. Lovadina
Boundary and internal layers in thin elastic shells
J. Sanchez-Hubert
General properties of thin shell solutions, propagation of singularities and their numerical incidence
E.S. Palencia
Asymptotic analysis of the coupled model shells/3D solids
D. Chapelle and A. Ferent





4:00 to 4:30pm
Coffee break




Wednesday 4:30pm



7 - 12th HP technology trends in computational engineering symposium; Track III: Computational fluid dynamics

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: L. Fisher , O.A. Bauchau

Multiphysics modelling of fluid-structure interactions using CFD (Abstract)
A.D. Gosman and P.S. MacDonald
Strategy and appropriate metrics for validating CFD (Abstract)
S. Mallick, S. Remondi, H. Chen and M. Pervaiz
Solution algorithms and strategies for Eulerian-Eulerian multi-phase flow models (Abstract)
J.P. Van Doormaal and G. Scheuerer


8 - 12th HP technology trends in computational engineering symposium; Track IV: Noise, vibration and harshness

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: K. Christensen , M. Meyer

The functional virtual prototype: an innovation framework for a zero prototype design process (Abstract)
D.M. Peterson
Functional performance engineering - the (r)evolution in product development and engineering (Abstract)
L. Meulewaeter
Multi-disciplinary optimization for NVH and crashworthiness (Abstract)
U. Schramm
CDH/VAO - a tool for interactive structural analysis (Abstract)
M.K. Chargin, L.W. Dunne and L. Huang


26 - Advances in contact mechanics: theory, implementation and applications, Part IV

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: N. El-Abbasi , J.R. Fernandez-Garcia

Numerical analysis of a sliding frictional contact problem with wear
J.R. Fernandez-Garcia, M. Sofonea and J.M. Viano
Non-matching finite element meshes to numerical approximation of the two elastic-viscoplastic bodies contact problem (Abstract)
J.R.H. Fernàndez-Garcia, P. Hild and J.M. Viano
Experimental corroboration of coefficient of friction characteristics in hydrodynamic bearing (Abstract)
A.M. Kuthe and A.D. Pachchhao


37 - Bridge analyses, Part I

Room: 2-136
Chairpersons: D. Antoniak , M. Connell

Lock-in prediction for bridge decks using a discrete vortex method
G. Morgenthal and F.A. McRobie
Flow past multi-box bridge decks
J.B. Frandsen and A. Larsen
Interactive design and investigation of physical bridges using virtual models
M. Connell, O. Tullberg, P, Kettil and N.E. Wiberg
Load lateral distribution for multigirder bridges
C. Liu, T.L. Wang and M. Shahawy


42 - Composites and laminates, Part III

Room: 2-151
Chairpersons: S. Cen , D. Slinchenko

Vibration control of smart laminated composites (Abstract)
A. Bansal and A. Ramaswamy
Interface element formulations for delamination (Abstract)
M.A. Crisfield and G. Alfano
3D models of fiber-matrix instabilities in composites and possible micro-interactions (Abstract)
Y.N. Lapusta
Simulation of continuous glass fibre drawing (Abstract)
R. Von der Ohe, J.D.C. Christiansen, Y. Yue and S.L. Jensen


44 - Computational fluid dynamics, Part II

Room: 4-159
Chairpersons: A. Badeau , N.D. Lagaros

A droplet formation model for stratified liquid-liquid shear flows
I. Celik and A. Badeau
Hamiltonian structure of CIVA-particle method in two-dimensional passive scalar advection problem
N. Tanaka
Numerical simulation of bubble rising, deforming and bursting in a viscous liquid by a front tracking/finite difference model (Abstract)
J. Hua, J. Lou, K. Murali, K.H. Lee and K. Kumar


52 - Computational fluid structure interaction and multiphysics, Part III

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: R. Ohayon , H.G. Matthies

How to make weak couplings strong
H.G. Matthies and J. Steindorf
Adaptive techniques for semiconductor equations with a Raviart-Thomas element
A. El Boukili, A. Madrane and R. Vaillancourt
A control analysis of interaction problem by fluid force
S. Kato, S. Suda, K. Imazu, H. Nakane and M. Kawahara
A fixed-grid analysis of convection-dominated melting and solidification
S. Kim, S. Anghaie and G. Chen


81 - Flow in porous media, Part II

Room: 2-147
Chairpersons: M.L. Munoz Ruiz , P.M. Mariano

Influence of moisture saturation on the nonlinear hysteretic response of damaged porous media in quasi-static and dynamic loading
J. Carmeliet and K. Van den Abeele
Simulation of fluid flow in porous media with object oriented techniques
I. Terlinden and U.F. Meissner
Simulation of air-water flows in soils
R. Eymard
Nonlinear finite element modelings of seepage flows and pollutant transports in unsaturated or saturated stratums near the surface of dike regions
R.A. Dietrich


89 - High performance computing in solid and structural mechanics, Part IV

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: M. Papadrakakis , U. Vinu Unnithan

Parallel algorithm for explicit dynamics with support for nonlocal constitutive models
B. Patzak, D. Rypl and Z. Bittnar
Identification of chaotic responses in a stable duffing system by artificial neural network
W. Witkowski and I. Lubowiecka
Towards a cad design of cable-membrane structures on parallel platforms
P. Ivanyi, B.H.V. Topping and J. Muylle
Genetic algorithms and high performance computing for engineering design optimization
C.S. Krishnamoorthy (U. Vinu Unnithan)
A stress and energy conserving algorithm for nonmatching mesh interfaces (Abstract)
K.C. Park, C.A. Felippa, G. Rebel


96 - Incompressible flow simulations, Part III

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: M. Hafez , C. Prud'homme

High-order semi-consistent b-spline scheme for incompressible flow simulations (Abstract)
O. Botella
Upwind discretization schemes for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations
K. Nikfetrat


109 - Meshless techniques, Part IV

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: S. De , R. Keck

Functional integral based meshless methods for classical wave equations (Abstract)
E. Pardo
Research on weight function in element-free-Galerkin method based on wavelet analysis (Abstract)
X. Zhang, H. Zhang, G. Xiurun and X. Yang
Introduction of smooth particles hydrodynamics method into an industrial explicit finite element software (Abstract)
F. Arnaudeau, Y. Chauveau and L. Morançay,
Two-dimensional boundary treatment of a finite volume particle method
R. Keck


118 - Modeling and analysis, Part II

Room: 2-146
Chairpersons: S. Sloan , S. Yoshida

Effects of uncertainty in root fixity on turbine blade free vibration (Abstract)
M.T. Bah, A.J. Keane and A. Bhaskar
Effect of neutronic radiation on the mechanical properties of steel AISI 8620 (Abstract)
E.C. Blanca, F.R. Eduardo, V.G. Jorge and G.H. Homero
Finite element modelling of finite reservoir using an exact far-boundary condition (Abstract)
D. Maity and S.K. Bhattacharyya
Simulation of silicon wafer heating processes (Abstract)
J. Hebb, A. Shajii, H. Hosaka and S. Yoshida


132 - Multiplicity and stability: continuation schemes and bifurcation algorithms, Part II

Room: 2-143
Chairpersons: L. Wang , D.P. Mok

Bifurcation and stability of Bratu problem (Abstract)
O. Pang and L. Wang
Multiplicity and stability of exothermic chemical reaction in catalyst beds: a numerical study
L. Qu and L. Wang
Flow bifurcation and its coupling with the deformable interface in solidification
C.W. Lan
Scalable bifurcation analysis algorithms for large parallel applications
A.G. Salinger, R.P. Pawlowski and L.A. Romero


142 - Parallel computing in CFD, Part I

Room: 2-142
Chairpersons: H. Pan , A.C. Bauer

Preconditioners for parallel adaptive hp FEM for incompressible flows
A.C. Bauer and A.K. Patra
Parallel computation of viscous incompressible flows using Godunov-projection method on overlapping grids
H. Pan and M. Damodaran
Parallelizing a mould filling calculation by using a dynamic domain decomposition method
Z.A. Xu


147 - Probabilistic mechanics and structural reliability, Part IV

Room: 2-135
Chairpersons: D.M. Frangopol, , S. Gupta

A model of deteriorating bridge structures
K.H. LeBeau and S.J. Wadia-Fascetti
Simulation of non-Gaussian wind pressure and estimation of design loads
G. Bartoli, C. Borri, L. Facchini and F. Paiar
Computation of reliability of stochastic structural dynamic systems using stochastic fem & adaptive importance sampling with non-Gaussian sampling functions
S. Gupta and C.S. Manohar
Applications of artificial-life techniques to reliability engineering
A.S. Matsuho and D.M. Frangopol


154 - Reliable finite element methods for shells, Part II

Room: 16-160
Chairpersons: M.L. Bucalem , H. Hakula

A linear shell theory based on variational principles (Abstract)
D.N. Arnold and S. Zhang
Some experiments with the MITC9 element for Naghdi's shell model
D. Chapelle, D.L. Oliveira and M.L. Bucalem
An analysis of a bilinear reduced strain element in the case of an elliptic shell in a membrane dominated state of deformation
V. Havu and H. Hakula
On degenerated shell finite elements and classical shell models
M. Malinen and J. Pitkaranta
Low order plate bending elements with enhanced strains (Abstract)
R. Piltner


165 - Turbulent flows, Part II

Room: 2-132
Chairpersons: C.E. Dalhuysen , R. Iozzi

Numerical simulation of turbulent flow in film-cooled gas turbines (Abstract)
G. Medic and P.A. Durbin
K-E model simulation by Lagrangian block method
W. Altai and V. Chu






Thursday 9:00am



11 - Advanced combustion calculations, Part I

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: A.F. Ghoniem , Y. Marzouk

Towards Lagrangian, grid free simulation of combustion (Keynote presentation)
A.F. Ghoniem and I.A. Lakkis
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent premixed flame interaction using parallel computing
H.G. Im, J.H. Chen, R .Subramanya and R. Raghurama
Computational modeling and control of mixing in a transverse jet (Abstract)
Y. Marzouk and A.F. Ghoniem


18 - Advances in boundary element methods, Part I

Room: 2-142
Chairpersons: J. Sladek , M. Handrik

The local boundary integral equation and its meshless implementation for elastodynamic problems (Keynote presentation)
J. Sladek, V. Sladek and R. Van Keer
Boundary stress calculation for two-dimensional thermoelastic problems using displacement gradient boundary integral identity
T. Matsumoto, M. Tanaka and S. Okayama
Fourier transformed boundary integral equations for transient problems of elasticity and thermo-elasticity
F.M.E. Duddeck


29 - Automatic and adaptive mesh generation, Part I

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: S.W. Chae , K.A. Sorensen

Anisotropic surface remeshing (Keynote presentation)
P. Frey
Mesh simplification made easy
H. Borouchaki and P. Laug
Tetrahedral meshing by advancing front method through CAD Interface
S.W. Chae, Y.W. Kim and Y.W. Cho


32 - Biomechanical applications, Part I

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: D. Tang , G. Limbert

Challenges in developing an accurate model for carotid bifurcation blood flow and wall mechanics (Keynote Presentation)
H.F. Younis, C. Chung and R.D. Kamm
Fluid-structure interaction analysis in biomechanics
M. Bathe and R.D. Kamm
A 3-d model with fluid-structure interactions for unsteady blood flow in stenotic arteries with cyclic wall collapse
D. Tang, C. Yang, H. Walker, S. Kobayashi and D.N. Ku


45 - Computational fluid dynamics, Part III

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: A. Badeau , M.Z. Saghir

Laminar jet impingement convective heat transfer in partially vented enclosures typical of portable computer applications
J.R. Guarino and V.P. Manno
Buoyancy and Marangoni convection of Te-doped GaSb
S. Balage and M.Z. Saghir
Heat transfer calculations of high-Reynolds-number flows around a circular cylinder
S. Bouhairie, V.H. Chu and R. Gehr


59 - Computational micro-macro mechanics, Part I

Room: 2-147
Chairpersons: S.J. Antony , S.K. Nadarajah

Computational testing of microheterogeneous materials (Keynote presentation)
T.I. Zohdi and P. Wriggers
Modeling quasi-static fracture of heterogeneous materials with the cohesive surface methodology
M.G.A. Tijssens, L.J. Sluys and E. van der Giessen
Elastic stability problems in micro-macro-transitions
J. Schroeder and C. Miehe


61 - Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures, Part I

Room: 4-153
Chairpersons: M.A. Christon , C.H. Bruneau

Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures (25 min)
M.A. Christon, P.M. Gresho and S.B. Sutton
Finite element solutions for natural convection flows in a tall rectangular cavity
G. Comini, M. Manzan, C. Nonino and O. Saro
Simulation of natural convection flows in enclosures by an unstaggered grid finite volume algorithm
G. Croce and M. Favero
Thermally-driven flow in a cavity using the Galerkin finite element method
K.W. Westerberg (P.M. Gresho)


67 - Computational stochastic mechanics, Part I

Room: 2-135
Chairpersons: G.I. Schueller , L.A. Ghanem

Numerical solution of a four-dimensional Fokker-Planck equation (Keynote presentation)
S.F. Wojtkiewicz and L.A. Bergman
Updating procedures of stochastic non-Gaussian fields
M. Hoshiya and O. Maruyama
Stochastic response of nonlinear structures
A.Haldar, S.Y. Lee and J. Huh


70 - Computational technology for crash safety, Part I

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: Y.C. Deng , J. Nemecek

Development of human finite element models for injury studies under impact loading (Keynote presentation, Abstract)
Y.C. Deng, F. Chang and J. Fu
NHTSA's supporting role in the partnership for a new generation of vehicles
W.T. Hollowell and S.M. Summers
Shape optimization for crashworthiness featuring adaptive mesh topology
N. Stander and M. Burger


99 - Instability analysis of fluid-solid systems, Part I

Room: 2-151
Chairpersons: X. Wang , W. Bao

A numerical investigation of chaotic motions in the stochastic layer of a parametrically excited, buckled beam (Keynote presentation)
A.C.J. Luo
Computation of motion by mean curvature with singular points (Abstract)
W. Bao
Semi-analytical solution to a mechanical system with friction
L. Dai


110 - Meshless techniques, Part V

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: J. Dolbow , C.A. Duarte

Modeling dendritic solidification with the extended finite element method (Keynote presentation)
J. Dolbow and R. Merle
Mesh independent directional p-enrichment using the generalized finite element method
C.A. Duarte and I. Babuska
From meshless methods to natural hierarchical refinement of finite element meshes
P. Krysl and E. Grisnpun


135 - Nonlinear analysis of shells : Formulation, implementation and engineering applications, Part I

Room: 16-160
Chairpersons: A. Ibrahimbegovic , A. Ferent

Recent developments in nonlinear analysis of shell problems and its finite element solution (Keynote presentation)
A. Ibrahimbegovic
On the computation of finite strain plasticity problems with 3D shell element
W. Wagner, S. Klinkel and F. Gruttmann
Instability problems in shell structures: some computational aspects
C. Pacoste and A. Eriksson


138 - Numerical approximation of fluid-structure interaction problems, Part I

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: D. Boffi , J.E. Drews

On the (-grad div + s curl rot) operator (Keynote presentation)
D. Boffi and L. Gastaldi
Dynamic model for the Airship CL160 (Abstract)
J.V. Krier
Finite element analysis of a pressure/potential formulation for structural-acoustics problems
A. Bermudez and R. Rodriguez


149 - Recent advances in unstructured mesh technology, Part I

Room: 2-132
Chairpersons: O. Hassan , E.A. Malsch

Parallel generation of large scale unstructured meshes for the simulation of various engineering applications (Keynote presentation)
O. Hassan, N.P. Weatherill, J.W. Jones, B. Larwood and K. Morgan
Toward a realistic simulation of an insect in flight (Abstract)
K. Nakahashi, F. Togashi and Y. Ito
The generation of efficient hybrid meshes for RANS simulation over civil and military aircraft (Abstract)
J.A. Shaw, S. Stokes, J. Appa and M. Lucking


171 - Zach1--Computational fluid dynamics in aerodynamic design, Part I

Room: 26-302
Chairpersons: A. Jameson , L. Martinelli

The role of computational fluid dynamics in aerodynamic (Keynote, Abstract)
A. Jameson
Overview of aerodynamic design for transport aircraft
J.C. Vassberg and R.D. Gregg
Blended-wing-body aerodynamic design
D.L. Roman, R.H. Liebeck and J.B. Allen





10:30 to 11:00am
Coffee break




Thursday 11:00am



12 - Advanced combustion calculations, Part II

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: A.F. Ghoniem , C. Gonzalez

Primitive variable solver for modeling steady-state and time-dependent laminar flames with detailed chemistry and transport properties
M. Noskov and M.D. Smooke
Solution mapping approach to modeling combustion
M. Frenklach
Adaptive Chemistry
W.H. Green Jr. and D.A. Schwer


19 - Advances in boundary element methods, Part II

Room: 2-142
Chairpersons: J. Sladek , F.M.E. Duddeck

Numerical fracture mechanics in 3D by the symmetric boundary element method
A. Frangi, G. Novati, R. Springhetti and M. Rovizzi
A note on symmetric Galerkin BEM for multi-connected bodies
J.J. Perez-Gavilan and M.H. Aliabadi
The first-kind and second-kind boundary integral equation systems for some kinds of contact problems with friction
R. Vodicka


30 - Automatic and adaptive mesh generation, Part II

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: S.W. Chae , K.A. Sorensen

An agglomerated multigrid hybrid mesh method for compressible flow
K.A. Sorensen, O. Hassan, K. Morgan and N.P. Weatherill
A refinement technique for all-hexahedral adaptive meshing
S.E. Benzley, M. Borden and S.A. Mitchell
Anisotropic tetrahedral meshing via bubble packing and advancing front
S. Yamakawa and K. Shimada


33 - Biomechanical applications, Part II

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: D. Tang , M. Bathe

An explicit three-dimensional finite element model of an incompressible transversely isotropic hyperelastic material: application to the study of the human anterior cruciate ligament
G. Limbert and M. Taylor
Modeling residual stresses at the stem-cement interface of an idealized cemented hip stem
N. Nuno and G. Avanzolini
Rheological effects and bone remodelling phenomenon in the hip joint implantation
M. Pawlikowski, K. Skalski, M. Bossak and S. Piszczatowski


58 - Computational mechanics of material failure, Part IV

Room: 2-136
Chairpersons: T. Siegmund , H. Karaouni

Fracture analysis of concrete structures by utilization of computer programs (Abstract)
R.A. Souza
Damage detection via wavelet transform (Abstract)
L. Zhang, S.T. Quek and Q. Wang
A study of the brittle failure modes of ductile materials by using the wave propagation analysis (Abstract)
M. Hosseini, M.J. Jabbarzadeh and M. Ziyaeifar


62 - Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures, Part II

Room: 4-153
Chairpersons: C.H. Bruneau , M. Ingber

Finite-volume analysis of natural convection in a 8:1 tall enclosure
W. Ambrosini, J.C. Ferreri and N. Forgione
Numerical investigation of laminar natural convection flow inside a tall cavity using a finite volume based Navier-Stokes solver
S.E. Kim and D. Choudhury
Fully coupled vs. operator-splitting approaches for natural convection flows in enclosures (Abstract)
S. Turek
Simulation of natural convection flow in a cavity using the finite element and implicit projection methods (Abstract)
S.T. Chan, D.E. Stevens and P.M. Gresho
LS-DYNA and the 8:1 differentially-heated cavity
M.A. Christon


68 - Computational stochastic mechanics, Part II

Room: 2-135
Chairpersons: G.I. Schueller , H.G. Matthies

Stochastic error estimation: integrated data and mesh resolutions
R. Ghanem
An efficiency of numerical algorithms for discrete reliability-based structural optimization
K. Kolanek, R. Stocki, S. Jendo and M. Kleiber
Multilevel solvers for the analysis of stochastic systems
H.G. Matthies and A. Keese


71 - Computational technology for crash safety, Part II

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: Y.C. Deng , J. Nemecek

Simulating airbag inflation for occupant safety development
M. Tyler-Street, N. Francis and E. Gai
Fluid/structure computational methods in restraint system design
P.F. Altamore and A.C. Steenbrink
Impact simulation of structural adhesive joints
M. Tyler-Street, N. Francis, R. Davis and J. Kapp


82 - Fluid structure interaction and aeroelasticity

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: B.A. Grohmann , C. Borri

Numerical simulation of the piezo-aero-elasticity of smart helicopter rotor blades in transonic flow
B.A. Grohmann, P. Janker, M. D'Ottavio, B. Kroplin and E. Carrera
On some aspects of fluid-structure interaction analysis with respect to aeroelasticity on industrial applications
R. Kroyer
Non-linear Galerkin methods in the simulation of the aeroelastic response of wind turbines
M. Meyer and H.G. Matthies


100 - Instability analysis of fluid-solid systems, Part II

Room: 2-151
Chairpersons: X. Wang , S. Rugonyi

Investigation about chaos in a magnetoelastic dynamical system
S.A. David, J.M. Rosario and J. Machado
Lyapunov characteristic exponent calculation for finite element discretized models
S. Rugonyi and K.J. Bathe


111 - Meshless techniques, Part VI

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: J. Dolbow , C.A. Duarte

Sibson and non-Sibsonian interpolant for elliptic partial differential equations
N. Sukumar
An improved finite cloud method
N.R. Aluru and X. Jin
Some recent developments for moving-least-squares particle methods
G.A. Dilts


136 - Nonlinear analysis of shells : Formulation, implementation and engineering applications, Part II

Room: 16-160
Chairpersons: A. Ibrahimbegovic , A. Ferent

Adaptive ultimate load analysis of shell structures
K.M. Mathisen, I. Tiller and K.M. Okstad
Thick shell element with large displacements and rotations
P. Massin and M. Al Mikdad
SHB8PS a new "intelligent" assumed strain "continuum" mechanics shell element for impact analysis on a rotating body (Abstract)
F. Abed-Meriam and A. Combescure


139 - Numerical approximation of fluid-structure interaction problems, Part II

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: D. Boffi , R. Premkumar

From ALE to transpiration
M.A. Fernandez and P. Le Tallec
Direct and iterative computing of fluid flows fully coupled with structures
H. Zhang and K.J. Bathe
Boundary damper approximations for finite element analysis of transient fluid-structure interaction
S.K. Bhattacharyya, R. Premkumar and K.G. Manoj


150 - Recent advances in unstructured mesh technology, Part II

Room: 2-132
Chairpersons: O. Hassan , E.A. Malsch

Unstructured grid generation for large-scale CFD applications (Abstract)
D.L. Marcum


161 - Thermomechanical problems, Part I

Room: 2-147
Chairpersons: E.M Haseganu , J. Li

Analysis of coupled flow, heat and brine transport in the far field of a nuclear waste repository
A. Pudewills and M. Krauss
Numerical investigation of the time-dependent temperature field in and around aerothermodynamically loaded structures with a directly coupled algorithm
M. Reyer and W. Nitsche
Thermomechanical description of large structural transformations
D. Rozenwald


168 - Wave mechanics, Part I

Room: 2-143
Chairpersons: T.S. Ng , S. Ubal

Numerical simulations in magnetohydrodynamics with free surfaces
J.F. Gerbeau
Transformations of solitary waves in a forced variable-coefficient extended Korteweg-de Vries model
K.H. Chan and K.W. Chow
A finite volume - level set method for free surface viscous flows around ships
A. Cura Hochbaum and M. Vogt


172 - Zach2--Computational fluid dynamics in aerodynamic design, Part II

Room: 26-302
Chairpersons: L. Martinelli , A. Jameson

Aerodynamic development of the Eagle E997 IndyCar
M.A. Page
Computational methods for hydrodynamic analysis and design
L. Martinelli, G. Cowles and J.J. Dreyer
Large eddy simulation of a road-vehicle with drag reduction devices
M. Fatica, R. Verzicco, G. Iaccarino, P. Moin and B. Khalighi





12:30 to 2:00pm
Lunch break




Thursday 2:00pm



13 - Advanced combustion calculations, Part III

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: A.F. Ghoniem , A. Frangi

Numerical simulation of unsteady reacting flow with detailed kinetics
O.M. Knio and H.N. Najm
Transient response of premixed methane-air flames
H.N. Najm, P.H. Paul, O.M. Knio and A. Mcllroy
CFD modeling applied to internal combustion engine optimization and design
P.K. Senecal and R.D. Reitz
Adaptive numerical simulation of turbulent premixed combustion
J.B. Bell, M.S. Day, A.S. Almgren, M.J. Lijewski and C.A. Rendleman


17 - Advanced problems in computational shell mechanics, Part III

Room: 4-159
Chairpersons: W.B. Kraetzig , J. Soric

On the finite element analysis of flexible shell structures undergoing large overall motion
I. Lubowiecka and J. Chroscielewski
A stabilized MITC finite element for accurate wave response in Reissner-Mindlin plates
L.L. Thompson and S.R. Thangavelu
Special membrane elements with internal defects
C. Yang and A.K. Soh
Numerical method for localized buckling analysis of elastic membrane structures (Abstract)
E.M Haseganu and Y. Liu


20 - Advances in boundary element methods, Part III

Room: 2-142
Chairpersons: J. Sladek , A. Saez

General traction BE formulation and implementation for 2-D anisotropic media
A. Saez and J. Dominguez
Analysis of 2-D elastostatic problems using radial basis functions
V.M.A. Leitao
Large strain, large rotation boundary integral multi-domain formulation using the Trefftz polynomial functions
M. Handrik, V. Kompis and P. Novak
Stability analysis of BEM approximate solutions in grounding analysis
J. Gomez-Calvino, I. Colominas, F. Navarrina and M. Casteleiro


34 - Biomechanical applications, Part III

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: S. Rugonyi , J.L. Drury

Using computational fluid dynamics to model the passive human neutrophil during micropipet aspiration
J.L. Drury and M. Dembo
Computational modeling of blood flow and rheology in fractal microvascular networks
M.R. Kaazempurt-Mofrad, J.P. Vacanti and R.D. Kamm
Direct numerical simulation of pulsatile flows in three-dimensional arterial stenoses
F. Mallinger and D. Drikakis
A diffusion model for affinity adsorption of glycoprotein on immobilized lectin
L.-Z. He, H. Helmholz, B. Niemeyer and X. Luo


38 - Bridge analyses, Part II

Room: 2-136
Chairpersons: G. Morgenthal , M. Connell

Retrofit design and strategy of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge continuous truss spans support towers based on ADINA
R. W. Wolfe and R. Heninger
Effects of diaphragms on seismic response of skewed bridges
S. Maleki
A 3D contact-friction model for pounding at bridges during earthquakes
P. Zhu, M. Abe and Y. Fujino
Finite element modeling of a thin-walled girder prestressed with tendons (Abstract)
D. Antoniak


46 - Computational fluid dynamics, Part IV

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: D. Kuzmin , K. Liu

Positive finite element schemes based on the flux-corrected transport procedure
D. Kuzmin
Validating CFD for automotive applications
S. Mallick, J. Halliday, S. Remondi and H. Chen
Role of CFD in analysis and optimization of the continuous casting processes
A. Mukhopadhyay and J. Lam
An adjoint method for the calculation of non-collocated sensitivities in supersonic flow
S.K. Nadarajah, A. Jameson and J.J. Alonso


53 - Computational fluid structure interaction and multiphysics, Part IV

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: P.D. Ledger , D. Maity

Evaluation of properties of soilcrete by means of back analysis: combination of in-situ temperature measurements and a thermochemical material law
R. Lackner, C. Brandstatter and H.A. Mang
Arbitrary order edge elements and hybrid meshes for electromagnetic scattering problems
P.D. Ledger, O. Hassan, K. Morgan and N.P. Weatherill
A tool-box approach to the simulation of multi-physics systems
P. Schwarz
Driving a real-time multi-physics simulator to follow an actual system: a DAE observer approach
D.C. Tarraf and H.H. Asada


63 - Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures, Part III

Room: 4-153
Chairpersons: S. Armfield , D. Gartling

Computation of natural convection flows in the 8:1 enclosure by a multigrid method
C.H. Bruneau and M. Saad
A vorticity method for the solution of natural convection flows in enclosures (Abstract)
M.S. Ingber
A Petrov-Galerkin method for flows in cavities
S.A. Suslov and S. Paolucci
A projection/wave-like equation method for natural convection flows in enclosures
T.W. Pan and R. Glowinski
Numerical prediction of natural convection in a tall enclosure
D.M. Christopher
Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures (Abstract)
D. Davis and E. Bänsch


69 - Computational stochastic mechanics, Part III

Room: 2-135
Chairpersons: G.I. Schueller , K. Kolanek

PDFs of the stochastic nonlinear response of MDOF-systems by local statistical linearization
H.J. Pradlwarter and G.I. Schueller
Effects of uncertainties on lifetime prediction of aircraft components
C. Proppe and G.I. Schueller
Response of a continuous system with stochastically varying surface roughness to a moving load
C.A. Schenk and L.A. Bergman


72 - Computational technology for crash safety, Part III

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: Y.C. Deng , C. Bisagni

Finite element modeling of human head-neck complex for crashworthiness simulation
H.Y. Choi, S.H. Lee, I.H. Lee and E. Haug
Computational synthesis on vehicle rollover protection
X. Pei Lu
Optimization of helicopter subfloor components under crashworthiness requirements
C. Bisagni
Vehicle crashworthiness design using a most probable optimal design method
I. Hagiwara and Q.Z. Shi


90 - High performance computing in solid and structural mechanics, Part V

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: M. Papadrakakis , W. Witkowski

Updating of a plane frame using neural networks
B. Miller and L. Ziemianski
Load-balancing for mesh-based applications on heterogeneous cluster computers
J. Fingberg, K. Nakajima and C. Walshaw
Parallel 3D mesh generator: performance comparison
D. Rypl and Z. Bittnar
Parallel FE simulations on an Intel processor cluster in industrial environment (Abstract)
D. Benoualid, B. Ravier, I. Wander and F.X. Roux


105 - Latency tolerant algorithms

Room: 2-151
Chairpersons: G. Astfalk , K. Zhao

Trends in processor technology and their impact on numerics for incompressible flow
S. Turek
Latency, bandwidth, and concurrent issue limitations in high-performance CFD
W.D. Gropp, D.K. Kaushik, D.E. Keyes and B.F. Smith
Perspectives on asynchronous computations for fluid flow problems
D.B. Szyld
High performance multi-layer ocean modeling
C.C. Douglas, G. Haase and M. Iskandarani


129 - Multiple phase systems, Part I

Room: 2-146
Chairpersons: V.M. Wasekar , M.Z. Saghir

Computation of Marangoni convection at the vapor-liquid interface in aqueous surfactant solutions
V.M. Wasekar and R.M. Manglik
Numerical study of the Soret effect in a binary system
M.N. Ensan, M. Chacha, M.Z. Saghir and J.C. Legros
Single crystal growing problem in the FZ method under microgravity (three-dimensional numerical simulation with the hybrid FEM-BEM applying LSM on the free surface)
H. Kohno and T. Tanahashi
On finite element modelling of surface tension with reference to granulation processes (Abstract)
D. Peric and P.H. Saksono


133 - New finite element techniques, Part I

Room: 2-143
Chairpersons: R. Garcia Lage , T. Gratsch

An inverse-free interface patch test for nonmatching FEM meshes
C.A. Felippa, K.C. Park and G. Rebel
A dimensional reduction of the Stokes problem (Abstract)
M. Bercovier and O. Ricou
Development of finite elements based on Walsh series
R. Garcia Lage, C.M. Mota Soares and C.A. Mota Soares
Finite elements and Green's functions
T. Gratsch and F. Hartmann


140 - Numerical approximation of fluid-structure interaction problems, Part III

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: L. Gastaldi , G. Pedro

Fluid flows in compliant vessels: application to hemodynamics
L. Formaggia, F. Nobile and A. Quarteroni
On the rate of convergence of finite element methods for hydroelastic eigenvalue problems (Abstract)
P. Ryan
Investigation of sensivity analysis for fluid-structure interaction systems
M.A. Fernandez and M. Moubachir
Computation of wind-induced vibrations of flexible shells and membranous structures
M. Gluck, M. Breuer, F. Durst, A. Haulfman and E. Rank


162 - Thermomechanical problems, Part II

Room: 2-147
Chairpersons: Y.N. Lapusta , Z. Yong

Computational thermochemomechanics of low-sulfat shotcrete in tunneling
C. Hellmich and F.J. Ulm
Heat transfer models for gas-solid fluidized beds with internals
J.L.M.A. Gomes, C.C. Pain, C.R.E. de Oliveira and A.J.H. Goddard
Entropy generation due to natural convection heat transfer from a cylinder covered with a porous layer (Abstract)
B.A.K. Abu-Hijleh
Simulation-based prediction of spalling in rapidly heated concrete with consideration of pore pressure, thermal stress, and mechanical stress (Abstract)
G.R. Consolazio and J.H. Chung


169 - Wave mechanics, Part II

Room: 2-132
Chairpersons: T.S. Ng , S. Ubal

Large amplitude internal waves in a continuously stratified fluid
W.M. Leung, D.W.C. Lai and K.W. Chow
On a bi-layer shallow-water problem
M.L. Munoz Ruiz
Laminar flow in a partially filled pipe
T.S. Ng
A numerical study for nonlinear waves over a submerged obstacle (Abstract)
Y.C. Sue, M.J. Chern and R.R. Hwang


173 - Zach3--Computational fluid dynamics in aerodynamic design, Part III

Room: 26-302
Chairpersons: L. Martinelli , A. Jameson

Experiences on large-scale parallel simulations of turbomachinery flows (Abstract)
J. Yao, R.L. Davis, J.J. Alonso and A. Jameson





4:00 to 4:30pm
Coffee break




Thursday 4:30pm



14 - Advanced combustion calculations, Part IV

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: A.F. Ghoniem , K. Goto

Computational and experimental study of laminar premixed and non-premixed flames
M.D. Smooke
Combustion of hydrocarbon fuels in scramjet engines; ethylene and propane combustion
A.A. Taha, S.N. Tiwari and T.O. Mohieldin
The calculation of reliable reaction rates for combustion simulations (Abstract)
A.F. Wagner
Mathematical modeling of the coupling of chemical kinetics with laminar and turbulent transport processes
U. Maas


21 - Advances in boundary element methods, Part IV

Room: 4-159
Chairpersons: J. Sladek , Z. Yao

Non-linear wave propagation in softening media through use of the scaled boundary finite element method
R.S. Crouch and J. Fernandez-Vega
A novel displacement variational boundary formulation
G. Davi and A. Milazzo
Efficient analysis of stress singularities using the scaled boundary finite-element method
A.J. Deeks and J.P. Wolf
A poly-region boundary element method for buoyancy-driven flows
G.F. Dargush and M.M. Grigoriev


31 - Beam structures

Room: 2-136
Chairpersons: B.N. Alemdar , K. Behdinan

A co-rotational formulation for mixed second-order beam-column finite elements (Abstract)
B.N. Alemdar and D.W. White
Transient response of flexible sliding beams: parametric resonance (Abstract)
K. Behdinan
Reliability analysis of moment resisting rc portal frames - a load combination study (Abstract)
K.K. Nair, A.M. Prasad and D. Menon


35 - Biomechanical applications, Part IV

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: S. Rugonyi , J.L. Drury

Effect of stent implantation on arterial flow and wall stress (Abstract)
A.L. Lachapelle and D. Tang
Computational fluid dynamics of low Re flow in the pleural space between lung and chest wall (Abstract)
S.H. Loring, A. Gouldstone, Y. Huang, R. Brown and J.P. Butler


47 - Computational fluid dynamics, Part V

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: E. Rank , D. Kuzmin

Development of distribution-formula scheme for compressible flows
E.Y.K. Ng and K.I. Chan
Computational topology for CFD: theorems, criteria and issues
T.J. Peters and N.F. Stewart
A fast and robust variant of the SIMPLE algorithm for finite element simulations of incompressible flows
G. Wang
Flow of fiber-reinforced cement slurries at elevated temperatures
Y. Wang and C. Meyer


64 - Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures, Part IV

Room: 4-153
Chairpersons: G. Comini , S. Armfield

8:1 thermal cavity problem
P.M. Gresho and S.B. Sutton
Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures: a benchmark problem
H. Johnston and R. Krasny
Simulation of the differentially heated 8:1 rectangular cavity by a Galerkin-Legendre spectral projection method
F. Auteri and N. Parolini
Understanding the 8:1 cavity problem via scalable stability analysis algorithms
A.G. Salinger, R.B. Lehoucq, R.P. Pawlowski and J.N. Shadid
Unsteady natural convection in tall side-heated cavities (Abstract)
S. Armfield
Numerical study of natural convection flows in a cavity using ADINA (Abstract)
Y. Guo


77 - Fast integral equation solvers

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: J. White , M.W. Wilson

A boundary cloud method for exterior electrostatic analysis
G. Li, N.R. Aluru
The application of a fast solver in marine hydrodynamics
D. Kring, N.E. Fine and I.N. Kirschner
An efficient step-flow simulation scheme using potential theory
J. Huang and Y. Xiang
An integral equation formulation for the Navier-Stokes equations
J.S. Uhlman


91 - High performance computing in solid and structural mechanics, Part VI

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: M. Papadrakakis , W. Witkowski

Multidisciplinary design optimization of a vehicle system in a scalable, high performance computing environment (Abstract)
S. Kodiyalam and R.J. Yang
The use of distributed computing for component and process design optimisation (Abstract)
C. Poloni, F. Urban, V. Pediroda, A. Clarich and L. Onesti
Application of neural computing in structural dynamics (Abstract)
L. Ziemianski


114 - Metal forming and design for formability, Part I

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: C.Y. Sa , D. Demarco

The successive response surface method applied to sheet-metal forming
N. Stander
A unified failure approach for sheet-metals formability analysis
M. Brunet, F. Morestin and H. Walter
Spring-back of automotive assemblies
P.C. Galbraith, D.N. Thomas and M.J. Finn
Implicit integration for the solution of metal forming processes
M. Kawka and K.J. Bathe


130 - Multiple phase systems, Part II

Room: 2-146
Chairpersons: R. Angst , V.M. Wasekar

Energy of fluid (EOF) method for diabatic two-phase flow with phase change
S. Anghaie, G. Chen and S. Kim
Optimization of intensity distribution and spatial orientation of magnets and electrodes in electro-magneto-hydrodynamic control of flow-field and solidification from a melt (Abstract)
B.H. Dennis and G.S. Dulikravich
Simulations of the solid/liquid two-phase flow field in jet loop reactors
R. Angst, P. Mier and M. Kraume
The influence of a soluble surfactant on the displacement of a gas-liquid interface between parallel plates
M. Severino, M.D. Giavedoni and F.A. Saita


134 - New finite element techniques, Part II

Room: 2-143
Chairpersons: R. Garcia Lage , T. Gratsch

Shape functions for concave quadrilaterals
E.A. Malsch and G. Dasgupta
Construction of splines moving least squares and an application to differential equations
J.M. Savignat, P. Villon, O. Stab and P. Breitkopf
Group-theoretic computation of matrices for rectangular hexahedral finite elements
A. Zingoni
A rigid-plastic hybrid element method (Abstract)
Y.M. Guo and K. Nakanishi


141 - Numerical approximation of fluid-structure interaction problems, Part IV

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: L. Gastaldi , M. Gluck

Coupling of fluid and structure analysis codes for air- and spacecraft applications
M.C. Haupt and P. Horst
Fluid-structure interaction modelling in adaptive undersea vehicles
G. Pedro, A. Suleman and N. Djilali
Fluid-structure interaction of high lift devices at low Mach numbers
J.E. Drews and P. Horst
CFD/CSD grid interfacing of three-dimensional surfaces using inverse isoparametric mapping (Abstract)
P.K. Lee and C.E.S Cesnik


143 - Parallel computing in CFD, Part II

Room: 2-142
Chairpersons: A.C. Bauer , H. Pan

Implementation and analysis of a general CFD parallel finite element program on a Beowulf cluster
A.M. Yommi, M.A. Storti, V.E. Sonzogni and N.M. Nigro
An analysis of the incompressible viscous flow using parallel computation (Abstract)
M. Sasakura and M. Kawahara
PAL: a Parallel Application Library
C.J. Freitas and D.B. Coffin
Molecular dynamics calculation of 2 billion atoms on massively parallel processors
A. Takahashi and G. Yagawa


163 - Thermomechanical problems, Part III

Room: 2-147
Chairpersons: Z. Yong , Y.N. Lapusta

Flow and heat transfer inside a wavy-walled enclosure (Abstract)
P.K. Das, N. Hyder and S. Mahmud
Finite element simulation of thermal/chemical/mechanical problems (Abstract)
D.K. Gartling and R.G. Schmitt
Stochastic transient heat conduction (Abstract)
M. Mestrovic
Thermo-elasto-plastic finite element analysis of quasi-state processes in Eulerian reference frames (Abstract)
J.Y. Shanghvi and P. Michaleris


170 - Wave mechanics, Part III

Room: 2-132
Chairpersons: J.F. Gerbeau , S. Ubal

Transport and dispersion of particles in a coastal environment (Abstract)
S.S. Raza, A.I. Quintanar and R. Avila
A numerical study on two dimensional Faraday waves
S. Ubal, C.M. Corvalan, M.D. Giavedoni and F.A. Saita






Friday 9:00am



65 - Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures, Part V

Room: 4-153
Chairpersons: P.M. Gresho , D. Gartling

Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures (Abstract)
J.P. Caltagirone and P.H. Maire
Parallel computations of natural convection flow in a tall cavity using an explicit finite element method (Abstract)
T.A. Dunn and R.C. McCallen
Natural convection flow analysis using mixed finite element method with improved bubble function (Abstract)
S. Matsumoto
An extended Chebyshev pseudo-spectral contribution to the CPNCFE benchmark
S. Xin and P. Le Quéré
Discussion and conclusions, part 1
M.A. Christon


92 - Impact dynamics, Part I

Room: 2-136
Chairpersons: J.W. Tedesco , C.W. Keierleber

Impact stresses in A-jacks concrete armor unit (Keynote presentation)
J.W. Tedesco, D. Bloomquist and T.E. Latta
Fragment impact pattern effect on momentum transferred to concrete targets
J.T. Baylot and P.P. Papados
Design of an inertial safety barrier using explicit finite element simulation
G.R. Consolazio, J.H. Chung and K.R. Gurley


101 - Instability analysis of fluid-solid systems, Part III

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: X. Wang , C.A. Schenk

An exploration of global stability of a three-dimensional dynamical system with a strong nonlinear term
K. Liu, X. Wang, and Z. Jiang
Stability boundaries of linear periodic systems
A.A. Mailybaev and A.P. Seyranian
Mechanism of self-excited oscillation of flow in the flexible tube (Abstract)
Y. Taki and A. Nakamura


112 - Meshless techniques, Part VII

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: S. De , T. Fujisawa

The method of finite spheres: a summary of recent developments (Keynote presentation)
S. De and K.J. Bathe
A new approach in meshfree method: least-squares meshfree method
S.H. Park and S.K. Youn
A boundary point interpolation method (BPIM) using radial function basis
Y.T. Gu and G.R. Liu


119 - Modeling and analysis, Part III

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: S. Sloan , M.R.E. Looyeh

Finite element modeling of processes leading to the formation of economic mineral deposits (Keynote presentation, Abstract)
L. Mbandezi, J. Moore, A. Rice and S. Van Wyk
Estimation of erosion effects due to solid contaminant in hydraulic valves
R. Paoluzzi and M. Milani
Assessment of a wall impaction model in a gasoline direct injection engine using a plain orifice electrostatic atomizer (Abstract)
G.C.S. Nhumaio and A.P. Watkins


122 - Molecular methods in computational engineering, Part I

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: N.G Hadjiconstantinou , S. Wijesinghe

Statistical error in particle simulations of low Mach number flows (Keynote presentation)
N.G. Hadjiconstantinou and A.L. Garcia
Atomistic measures of mechanical deformation and thermal transport processes
S. Yip, J. Li, W. Cai, J. Chang and D. Liao
Optimal particle controller for coupled continuum/MD fluid simulation
J. Li, D. Liao and S. Yip


124 - Multi-body dynamics, Part I

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: M. Borri , S. Rugonyi

On the importance of some algorithmic aspects of multibody dynamics for complex applications (Keynote presentation, Abstract)
M. Borri, C.L. Bottasso and L. Trainelli
Design of cams using a general purpose mechanism analysis program
A. Cardona
Multibody multidisciplinary rotorcraft analysis: an overview
G. Bindolino, G.L. Ghiringhelli, P. Masarati, M. Lanz and P. Mantegazza


127 - Multi-functional optimization, Part I

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: R.L. Dreisbach , G.P. Steven

Multi-criteria evolutionary structural optimization involving inertia (Keynote presentation)
G.P. Steven, K. Proos and Y.M. Xie
Enhancing engineering design and analysis interoperability. Part I: constrained objects
M.W. Wilson, R.S. Peak and R.E. Fulton
Enhancing engineering design and analysis interoperability. Part II: a high diversity example
R.S. Peak and M.W. Wilson


151 - Relevant computational techniques for tire modeling, Part I

Room: 16-160
Chairpersons: I. Janajreh , J.M. Vacherand

Tire tread pattern analysis for ultimate performance of hydroplaning (Keynote presentation)
I. Janajreh, A. Rezgui and V. Estenne
Towards free surface hydroplaning over a loaded tire
I. Janajreh, A. Rezgui, V. Estenne, N. Hakimi and C. Hirsch
Development of CFD based design optimization architecture
D. Peri, E.F. Campana and A. Di Mascio


158 - Structural optimal design with topology and/or material, Part I

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: G. Cheng , B. Miller

On singular topologies and related optimization algorithm (Keynote presentation)
G. Cheng and X. Guo
Optimum design and sensitivity analysis of piezoelectric trusses
Y. Gu, G. Zhao and Y. Chen
Design optimization of materials with microstructure
S. Liu, Z. Lian and X. Zheng


166 - Uncertainty management, Part I

Room: 4-159
Chairpersons: R.R. Cosner , J.F. Hiller

Validation metrics in computational fluid dynamics (Keynote Presentation, Abstract)
W.L. Oberkampf
Grid-quality measures for error estimation of CFD solutions
X. Gu, E. Hernandez, D. Chu, R. Sun, P. Keller and T.I.P. Shih
Modeling uncertainty in flow-structure interactions
D. Xiu, D. Lucor and G.E. Karniadakis





10:30 to 11:00am
Coffee break




Friday 11:00am



9 - Acoustic analysis, Part I

Room: 2-142
Chairpersons: W. Wunderlich , R. Angst

A Trefftz-based prediction technique for coupled structural-acoustic radiation problems
W. Desmet, P. Sas and D. Vandepitte
Dual-level parallelization of structural acoustics computations
H. Allik, R.N. Dees, T.C. Oppe and D. Duffy
Computational aeroacoustics applications in automotive design
K.J. Karbon and S. Kumarasamy


36 - Biomechanical applications, Part V

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: J. Walczak , S.A. Berger

Finite element modeling for surgery simulation
M. Vidrascu, H. Delingette and N. Ayache
Flow in sclerotic carotid arteries
S.A. Berger and J.S. Stroud
Constitutive and finite element modeling of human scalp skin for the simulation of cutaneous surgical procedures
L. Gambarotta, R. Massabo and R. Morbiducci


48 - Computational fluid dynamics, Part VI

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: M.A. Alves , N. Impollonia

Numerical study of laminar mixed convection in the entrance region of a helical pipe with uniform wall temperature
B. Zheng, C.X. Lin and M.A. Ebadian
Prediction of oil spreading for elaboration of contingency strategies (Abstract)
A. Rodriguez, A. Palacio, R. Silva, F. Betancourt, A. Quintanar and A. Gonzalez
Computational aeroelasticity with reduced structural models (Abstract)
G. Britten, C. Braun, M. Hesse and J. Ballmann


60 - Computational micro-macro mechanics, Part II

Room: 2-147
Chairpersons: S.J. Antony , S.K. Nadarajah

Shear resistance of granular media containing large inclusions: DEM simulations
S.J. Antony and M. Ghadiri
Application of numerical conformal mapping to micro mechanical modeling of elastic solids with holes of irregular shapes
I. Tsukrov and J. Novak


66 - Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures, Part VI

Room: 4-153
Chairpersons: M.A. Christon , P.M. Gresho , S. Sutton

Discussion and conclusions, part 2
M.A. Christon


76 - Error estimation

Room: 2-135
Chairpersons: R. Sun , A. Takahashi

Error estimation and edge-based mesh adaptation for solid mechanics problems
G. Gendron, M. Fortin and P. Goulet
A discretization error estimator associated with the energy domain integral method in linear elastic fracture mechanics
E. Giner, J. Fuenmayor, A. Besa and M. Tur


93 - Impact dynamics, Part II

Room: 2-136
Chairpersons: J.W. Tedesco , C.W. Keierleber

Improved direct time integration method
B.T. Rosson and C.W. Keierleber
Simulating static and dynamic lateral load testing of bridge foundations using nonlinear finite element models
S. Chakraborty and D.A. Brown
Underground explosions: their effect on runway fatigue life and how to mitigate their effects
J.W. Bull


113 - Meshless techniques, part VIII

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: S. De , Y.T. Gu

Virtual surgery simulation using a collocation-based method of finite spheres
S. De, J. Kim and M.A. Srinivasan
Radial point interpolation method for no-yielding surface models
J.G. Wang and G.R. Liu
Application of ALE-EFGM to analysis of membrane with sliding cable
H. Noguchi and T. Kawashima


115 - Metal forming and design for formability, Part II

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: C.Y. Sa , D. Demarco

On simulation of a forming process to minimize springback
K. Zhao
A constitutive model associated with permanent softening under multiple bend-unbending cycles in sheet metal forming and springback analysis
B.K. Chun, J.T. Jinn and J.K. Lee
Numerical technology advancement for sheet metal parts development (Abstract)
C.Y. Sa


120 - Modeling and analysis, Part IV

Room: 2-146
Chairpersons: S. Sloan , D. Dall'Acqua

Detailed 3D finite element simulations of semirigid steel connections (Abstract)
A.M. Citipitioglu, R.M. Haj-Ali and D.W. White
Advanced finite element modeling of the human body for occupant safety (Abstract)
E. Haug and H.Y. Choi


123 - Molecular methods in computational engineering, Part II

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: N.G Hadjiconstantinou , S. Wijesinghe

Velocity slip and temperature jump in dilute hard sphere gases at finite Knudsen numbers
S. Wijesinghe and N.G. Hadjiconstantinou
Parallel unstructured dynamic grid Direct Simulation Monte Carlo of molecular gas dynamics and the associated thin film deposition
A. Singh and Z. Yong
A multi-dimensional kinetic simulation tool for deep submicron semiconductor devices (Abstract)
A.I. Fedoseyev, V. Kolobov, H.Q. Yang, Y. Jiang and A. Przekwas


125 - Multi-body dynamics, Part II

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: K.C. Park , B. Gu

An index reduction method in non-holonomic system dynamics
M. Borri, C.L. Bottasso and L. Trainelli
On the modeling of shells in multibody dynamics
O.A. Bauchau and C.L. Bottasso
Investigation about nonlinearities in a robot with elastic members
S.A. David and J.M. Rosario


128 - Multi-functional optimization, Part II

Room: 2-151
Chairpersons: R.L. Dreisbach , G.P. Steven

Enhancing engineering design and analysis interoperability. Part III: steps toward multi-functional optimization
R.L. Dreisbach and R.S. Peak
Design of multicomponent airfoils using hybrid multiobjective genetic algorithms (Abstract)
D. Quagliarella and A. Vicini
Effects of internal/external pressure on the global buckling of pipelines
E.N. Dvorkin and R.G. Toscano


152 - Relevant computational techniques for tire modeling, Part II

Room: 16-160
Chairpersons: J.M. Vacherand , I. Janajreh

On some relevant technical aspects of tire modelling in general
F. Bohm, A. Duda and R. Wille
Hierarchical a posteriori error estimates for heterogeneous incompressible elasticity
R. Araya and P. Le Tallec
Transient hydroplaning simulation using multi-material Eulerian/ALE formulation (Abstract)
M. Koishi and L. Olovsson


159 - Structural optimal design with topology and/or material, Part II

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: G. Cheng , B. Miller

Some results from the Self-Designing Structures research programme
J.W. Bull
Difficulties and characters of structural topology optimization
C. Shan
Shape optimization problem based on optimal control theory by using speed method (Abstract)
Y. Ogawa, T. Ochiai and M. Kawahara


167 - Uncertainty management, Part II

Room: 4-159
Chairpersons: R.R. Cosner , J.F. Hiller

Uncertainty quantification in computational fluid dynamics (Abstract)
R.R. Cosner





12:30 to 2:00pm
Lunch break




Friday 2:00pm



10 - Acoustic analysis, Part II

Room: 2-142
Chairpersons: W. Wunderlich , B.N. Alemdar

Practical implementation of a p-version wave envelope infinite element for structural acoustic analysis
M.J. Butler, H. Allik, G.W. Benthien, S.W. Moore and J.F. Walters
Active control of interior acoustics of an enclosure with smart materials
D.W. Wang, I. Hagiwara and Q.Z. Shi
Computational analysis of sound transmission characteristics of automotive bulb seals (Abstract)
T. Siegmund, L.G. Mongeau and J. Park


22 - Advances in boundary element methods, Part V

Room: 4-159
Chairpersons: J. Sladek , Z. Yao

An indirect boundary element method for three-dimensional explosion bubbles
C. Wang, K.S. Yeo and B.C. Khoo
A 2-D direct BEM formulation for the elastodynamics of orthotropic media (Abstract)
P.L.A. Barros and E.M. Neto
Higher-order BEM for unsteady convective diffusion (Abstract)
G.F. Dargush and M.M. Grigoriev
Boundary element method for moving and rolling contact of 2D elastic bodies with defects (Abstract)
Z. Yao and J. Pu


28 - Analysis of convection flows

Room: 4-270
Chairpersons: S. Govender , R.C. Penmetsa

Linear stability of convection in rotating mushy layers
S. Govender and P. Vadasz
Computational predictability of natural convection flows in enclosures using the GSMAC-CIP (Abstract)
M. Matsumoto, T. Makihara and T. Tanahashi
Numerical analysis of natural convection in a cubic cavity at the Rayleigh number Ra=10^9 using GSMAC-CIP method
I. Miyoshi, T. Makihara and T. Tanahashi


39 - Bridge analyses, Part III

Room: 2-136
Chairpersons: G. Morgenthal , M. Connell

Computer modeling of a proposed concept for extremely long span suspension bridges (Abstract)
H.J. Farran and A. Ghosh
Behavior of nonlinearly restrained slender bridge piers (Abstract)
H. Hamidifar
Seismic strengthening of reinforced concrete bridge pier with FRP composites (Abstract)
H. Hamidifar


49 - Computational fluid dynamics, Part VII

Room: 6-120
Chairpersons: N. Impollonia , M.A. Alves

Application of discrete vortex method for deformable wing aerodynamics (Abstract)
A. Lyaskin
High order finite element discretization of the compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations (Abstract)
J.S. Wong, D.L. Darmofal and J. Peraire
Existence of a lift plateau for airfoils pitching at rapid pitching rates
S.R. Sheikh, M. Sun and H. Hamdani
Generalized Boltzmann equation and applications to viscous flows and plasma (Abstract)
B.V. Alexeev and A.I. Fedoseyev


54 - Computational fluid structure interaction and multiphysics, Part V

Room: 2-190
Chairpersons: P.D. Ledger , D. Maity

Evolutionary computing for MDO problems in aerospace engineering (Abstract)
H.Q. Chen, J.A. Desideri, J. Periaux, M. Sefrioui and J.F. Wang
Numerical methods for FSI problems with strong dependence between fluid and structure (Abstract)
Q. Zhang and T. Hisada
A comparison of coupled chemo-mechanical damage models of concrete using phenomenological chemistry and reaction kinetics
D. Kuhl and G. Meschke


74 - Differential quadrature, the generalized methods and the related discrete element analysis methods

Room: 2-139
Chairpersons: C.N. Chen , A.M. Yommi

Differential quadrature, the generalization and the related discrete element analysis methods
C.N. Chen
Integral equations for consolidation settlement of an elastic circular plate on a saturated poroelastic half space (Abstract)
B. Jin, G. Liu and Q. Liu
Heat conduction in orthotropic media solved by differential quadrature finite difference method (Abstract)
C.N. Chen
Difference schemes for unstructured (chaotic) grids in space of indefinite coefficients (Abstract)
A.S. Kholodov


98 - Inelastic analysis

Room: 2-147
Chairpersons: A.A. Mailybaev , X. Wang

Techniques to ensure convergence of the closest point projection method in pressure dependent elasto-plasticity models
B. Tahar and R.S. Crouch
A stress integration algorithm for J_3 -dependent elastoplasticity models
X. Wang, K.J. Bathe and J. Walczak
Numerical aspects of a regularized plasticity model for strain-softening materials (Abstract)
S. Rolshoven and M. Jirasek


116 - Metal forming and design for formability, Part III

Room: 4-163
Chairpersons: C.Y. Sa , D. Demarco

Modelling of friction in metal forming processes
S. Kapinski
An Eulerian formulation for modeling stationary finite strain elasto-plastic metal forming processes
E.N. Dvorkin and D. Demarco
Estimation of tool/chip interface temperatures for on-line tool monitoring: an inverse problem approach
L. Olson and R. Throne
Optimization of sheet metal forming design variables (Abstract)
O. Schenk, M. Hillmann, W. Kubli


126 - Multi-body dynamics, Part III

Room: 4-231
Chairpersons: M. Borri , B. Gu

Computation of stress time history using FEM and flexible multibody dynamics
H.S. Kim, H.J. Yim and C.B. Kim
Co-simulation of algebraically coupled dynamic subsystems using discrete-time sliding mode
B. Gu and H.H. Asada
Numerical solution of the dynamic equation of motion of structures equipped with friction energy dissipaters (Abstract)
S.T. De la Cruz, F. Lopez-Almansa and L. Pujades


157 - Structural dynamics, Part II

Room: 2-105
Chairpersons: V. Manno , M.A. Fernandez

Material modelling in the dynamic regime: a discussion
N. Gebbeken, S. Greulich, A. Pietzsch and F. Landman
Linear multi-step and optimal dissipative single-step algorithms for structural dynamics
X. Zhou, K.K. Tamma and D. Sha
Nonlinear dynamic analysis of buildings supported by pure-friction base isolation system (Abstract)
S.K. Deb
Dynamic behavior of composite ship structures (DYCOSS) failure prediction tool (Abstract)
P. Lemmen, G.J. Meijer and E.A. Rasmussen


160 - Structural optimal design with topology and/or material, Part III

Room: 16-160
Chairpersons: G. Cheng , R. Sedaghati

An HPC model for GA methodologies applied to reliability-based structural optimization
C.K. Prasad Varma Thampan and C.S. Krishnamoorthy
Optimum design of frame structures undergoing large deflections against system instability
R. Sedaghati, B. Tabarrok and A. Suleman
Design optimisation of structures' vibration behaviour (Abstract)
F. Aryana and H. Bahai