Computational methods and experimental measurements XIV / editors, C.A. Brebbia, G.M. Carlomagno.

CONTENTS

Section 1: Computational and experimental methods

- Heat and moisture transport in porous materials involving cyclic wetting and drying
- Influence of material characteristics of concrete and thermal insulation on the service life of exterior renders
- A procedure for adaptive evaluation of numerical and experimental data
Etc.

Section 2: Experimental and computational analysis

- Multi-scale FE analyses of sheet formability based on SEM-EBSD crystal texture measurement
- Direct simulation of sounds generated by collision between water surface
- Experimental and numerical analysis of concrete slabs prestressed with composite reinforcement
Etc.

Section 3: Direct, indirect and in-situ measurements

- Modelling energy consumption in test cells
- Evaluation of insulation systems by in situ testing
- Monitoring of image analysis for the measurement of liquid metal free surface
Etc.

Section 4: Detection and signal processing

- Antenna radiation patterns indication on the basic measurement of field radiation in the near zone
- Sub- ppb NOx detection by cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy system with blue and infrared diode lasers
- Multispectral detection circuits in special applications
Etc.

Section 5: Data processing
- A versatile software-hardware system for environmental data acquisition and transmission
- Modelling of the precise movement of a ship at slow speed to minimize the trajectory deviation risk
- Automated safe control of a self -propelled Mine counter charge in an underwater environment
Etc.

Section 6: Fluid Flow

- On the differences of transitional separated-reattached flows over leading-edge obstacles of varying geometries
- A second order method for solving turbulent shallow flows
- Numerical analysis of compressible turbulent helical flow in a Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube
Etc.

Section 7: Heat transfer and thermal processes
- Natural and mixed convection in inclined channels with partial openings
- Heat flux reconstruction in the grinding process from temperature data
- Analysis of non-isothermal fluid flow past an in-line tube bank
Etc.

Section 8: Material characterization

- Investigation of shape recovery stress for ferrous shape memory alloy
- Growth behaviour of small surface cracks in coarse and ultrafine grained copper

Section 9: Structural and stress analysis

- Numerical simulation of structures using generalized models for data uncertainty
Etc.
- A dynamical model for the study of gear transmissions
- Long-term behaviour of concrete structures reinforced with pre-stressed GFRP tendons
- Application of the finite element method for static design of plane linear systems with semi-rigid connections
Etc.

Section 10: Industrial applications

- 10.1 Finding the ''optional'' size and location of treatment plants for a Jatropha oil plantation project in Thailand
- An industrial ship system for the flat development of undevelopable surfaces: algorithm and implementation

Section 11: Forest fires

- Assessment of plume theory predictions of crown scorch or crown fire initiation using transport models
- Spotting ignition of fuel beds by firebrands
- Impact of fuel-break structure on fire behaviour simulated with FIRETEC
Etc.`

Includes bibliographical references (p.643) and Author index (p.645-647)