Topics in Applied Mechanics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Bridge building

   1. Keynote paper

      1. Construction simulation of some bridges over the river IJssel

         • Ane de Boer

         Pages 1-8

3. Experimental mechanics

   1. Keynote paper

      1. Experimental Mechanics; Why, How, Co-Operatively?

         • Pieter J. Sevenhuijsen

         Pages 9-16

      2. The Bridge between Experimental and Numerical Techniques: Numerical Modelling of Linear Elastic and Viscoelastic Response of Composite Structures

         • Wilde Willy De Patrick

         Pages 17-38

      3. Tuning Shock Test Results and Mathematical Models Using an Optimal State Estimation Method

         • R. H. B. Fey, G. J. Meijer

         Pages 39-55

      4. Fluid-Structure Interaction in Non-Rigid Pipeline Systems — Large Scale Validation Tests — (Eureka Project 274)

         • A. C. H. Kruisbrink, A. G. T. J. Heinsbroek

         Pages 57-64

      5. Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Cracking in Concrete and Sandstone

         • J. G. M. Van Mier, E. Schlangen, J. H. M. Visser, A. Vervuurt

         Pages 65-72

      6. The verification of numerical calculations with tests on sand in the geocentrifuge

         • H. G. Stuit

         Pages 73-80

      7. Parametric identification of an aircraft landing gear damper, by means of periodic excitation

         • G. Verbeek, A. de Kraker, D. H. van Campen

         Pages 81-88

4. Role of local effects in the analysis of structures and dynamic systems

   1. Keynote paper

      1. Damage Processes in Solids and Structures and their Numerical Computation

         • R. de Borst, P. H. Feenstra, H.-B. Mühlhaus, J. Pamin, J. C. J. Schellekens, L. J. Sluys

         Pages 89-95

      2. Computational Models for Fragmentation Tests

         • A. P. S. Selvadurai, A. ten Busschen, L. J. Ernst

         Pages 97-110

      3. FAME-D, A Finite Element Code Based on Continuum Damage Mechanics

         • H. Braam, B. R. W. Haverkate

         Pages 111-118

      4. Continuous and Discontinuous Modelling of the Contact between Wheel Flange and Rail

         • J. P. Meijaard

         Pages 119-126

      5. An anisotropic damage model for laminated composites

         • M. H. J. W. Paas, J. van den Eikhoff

         Pages 127-136

      6. Analysis of supercritical transformation with dilatation and shear effects during crack growth in ceramics

         • G. Th. Stam, E. Van Der Giessen

         Pages 137-146

      7. Phenomenological Modelling of Damage in Polymer Blends

         • P. H. M. Timmermans, W. A. M. Brekelmans, J. H. P. De Vree

         Pages 147-154

5. Local effects and fluid flow

   1. Keynote paper

      1. Spin-Up in Non-Axisymmetric Containers

         • G. J. F. van Heijst

         Pages 155-162

      2. Attack transient of a flue organ pipe

         • W. E. A. Mahu, M. C. A. M. Peters, M.-P. Verge, A. P. J. Wijnands, B. Fabre, A. Hirschberg

         Pages 163-171

      3. Finite Element Simulation of Local Effects in Nonisothermal Viscoelastic Flows

         • R. Akkerman, G. Rekers, J. Huétink

         Pages 173-180

      4. Numerical Analysis of Unsteady Viscoelastic Contraction Flows of Multi-Mode Fluids

         • Frank P. T. Baaijens

         Pages 181-188

In collaboration with the Contact Group Experimental Mechanics in The Netherlands and under the auspices of the Technological Institute of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Ingenieurs Vereniging (Royal Flemish Society of Engineers), the Department of Ap­ plied Mechanics of the Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs (Royal Institution of Engineers in The Netherlands) organised the second National Mechanics Congress in The Netherlands, on November 16-18, 1992. About hundred participants from universities and industrial research laboratories in The Netherlands and Belgium discussed topics around the theme: Building Bridges, Integration of Theory and Applications in Applied Mechanics. Building bridges is of course one of the main tasks of a civil engineer, in order to improve the infrastructure of our society. Strength, stiffness and stability have to be guaranteed for a large number of years of service. Localised effects such as shear lag in longitudinal stiffeners, small cracks in concrete structures and effects of corrosion may on the long tenn lead to catastrofic failure of bridges. During the congress J.P. Gailliez presented a talk about the hydraulic ship lifts in the Canal du Centre in south Belgium. Built more than a hundred years ago, the elevators still are in a perfect condition and are recognized now as an industrial archeological monument.

• Software
• applied mechanics
• calculus
• composite material
• concrete
• fluid mechanics
• mechanics
• polymers
• transport

• Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

  J. F. Dijksman

• Laboratory for Aero and Hydrodynamics, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands

  F. T. M. Nieuwstadt

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