International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering Volume 68 Number 1 1 October 2006 Optimal synthesis for a continuous prescribed dexterity interval of a 3-dof parallel planar manipulator for different prescribed output workspaces: A. M. Hay and J. A. SnyMan ............ccecceeecceeescceeeeeeeeeeeeee ; Linear matching method on the evaluation of plastic and creep behaviours for bodies subjected to cyclic thermal and mechanical loading: H. Chen and A. R. S. Ponter Block diagonalization of adjacency and Laplacian matrices for graph product; applications in structural mechanics: A. Kaveh and H. Rahami A general discontinuous Galerkin method for finite hyperelasticity. Formulation and numerical applications: L. Noels and R. Radovitzky A formulation of conserving impact system based on localized Lagrange multipliers: Y. Miyazaki and K. C. Park A 2.5D finite element model for bending and straightening in continuous casting of steel slabs: F. Pascon, S. Cescotto and A. M. Habraken Volume 68 Number 2 8 October 2006 A constrained reproducing kernel particle formulation for shear deformable shell in Cartesian coordinates: J.-S. Chen and D. Wang Pseudospectral method for MHD pipe flow: A. Carabineanu and E. Lungu The boundary recovery and sliver elimination algorithms of three-dimensional constrained Delaunay triangulation: Z. Guan, C. Song and Y. Gu Development of finite difference schemes near an inflow boundary: E. Sousa Continuum-based design sensitivity analysis and optimization of nonlinear shell structures using meshfree method: K. Yi, K. K. Choi, N. H. Kim and M. E. Botkin Mitigating the integration error in numerical simulations of Newtonian systems: P. Gurfil and I. Klein Volume 68 Number 3 15 October 2006 Error estimation of stress intensity factors for mixed-mode cracks: L. Gallimard and J. Panetier Non-linear sloshing in partially liquid filled containers with baffles: K. C. Biswai, S. K. Bhattacharyya and P. K. 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IJNMBH 68 1—1386 (2006) . ISSN 0029-5981 iv VOLUME CONTENTS Elasto-plastic finite element analysis of shells with damage due to microvoids: P. Woelke, G. Z. Voyiadjis and P. Perzyna A new finite element formulation for internal acoustic problems with dissipative walls: W. Larbi, J.-F. Det and R. Ohayon Volume 68 Number 4 22 October 2006 Iterative solution of the random eigenvalue problem with application to spectral stochastic finite element systems: C. V. Verhoosel, M. A. Gutiérrez and S. J. Hulshoff Wave propagation and localization problems in saturated viscoplastic geomaterials: M. Mabssout, M. |. Herreros and M. Pastor Generic domain decomposition and iterative solvers for 3D BEM problems: F. C. Araujo, K. |. Silva and J. C. F. Telles Non-linear analysis of structures using high performance hybrid elements: C. S. Jog and P. P. Kelkar Volume 68 Number 5 29 October 2006 Charge distribution on thin conducting nanotubes—reduced 3-D model: H. Chen and S. Mukherjee ... Accelerating iterative solution methods using reduced-order models as solution predictors: R. Markovinovic and J. D. Jansen Combining interface damage and friction in a cohesive-zone model: G. Alfano and E. Sacco A parallel hp-FEM infrastructure for three-dimensional structural acoustics: S. Dey and D. K. Datta .... Volume 68 Number 6 5 November 2006 Asymptotic numerical methods for unilateral contact: W. Aggoune, H. Zahrouni and M. Potier-Ferry Parallel simulation of unsteady hovering rotor wakes: C. B. Allen Solving inverse electromagnetic problems using FDTD and gradient-based minimization: E. Abenius and B. Strand A direct algebraic method for eigensolution sensitivity computation of damped asymmetric systems: N. Guedria, H. Smaoui and M. Chouchane Hybrid-mixed curved beam elements with increased degrees of freedom for static and vibration analyses: J.-G. Kim and Y.-K. Park Volume 68 Number 7 12 November 2006 Optimized damage detection of steel plates from noisy impact test: G. Rus, S. Y. Lee, S. Y. Chang and S. C. Wooh Radial point interpolation based finite difference method for mechanics problems: G. R. Liu, J. Zhang, H. Li, K. ¥Y. Lam and B. B. T. Kee A numerical study of wave structures developed on the free surface of a film flowing on inclined planes and subjected to surface shear: N. H. Shuaib, H. Power, S. Hibberd and K. Simmons Bionics and fractal configurations in structural engineering: A. Tesar Volume 68 Number 8 19 November 2006 Full-wave analysis of single cylindrical striplines and microstriplines with multilayer dielectrics: F. Bouttout, F. Lethimonnier and D. Le Bihan VOLUME CONTENTS On the numerical treatment of initial strains in biological soft tissues: E. Pena, M. A. Martinez, EDS CRUG CANCE Nee CLONING vicec aida ois SRE Sede ca vate eacel aced atau ip cas Sona a Tae ET pes On the a priori and a posteriori error analysis of a two-fold saddle-point approach for nonlinear incompressible elasticity: G. N. Gatica and L. F. Gatica Stress integration procedures for a biaxial isotropic material model of biological membranes and for hysteretic models of muscle fibres and surfactant: M. Kojic, |. Viastelica, B. Stojanovic, V. Rankovic and A. Tsuda Volume 68 Number 9 26 November 2006 Efficient explicit time stepping for the eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM): T. Menouillard, J. Réthoré, A. Combescure and H. Bung A triangular plate element for thermo-elastic analysis of sandwich panels with a functionally graded core: M. Das, A. Barut, E. Madenci and D. R. Ambur On the enforcing energy conservation of time-finite elements for particle systems: Q. V. Bui Scale-related topology optimization of cellular materials and structures: W. Zhang and S. Sun Volume 68 Number 10 3 December 2006 Finite element study of the energy dissipation and residual stresses in the closed elastic deformation path: B. Abbasi and M. H. Parsa On the evaluation of damping in MEMS in the slip—flow regime: A. Frangi, G. Spinola and B. Vigna Modelling deformation behaviour of polyelectrolyte gels under chemo-electro-mechanical coupling effects: J. Chen and G. Ma A surface Cauchy—Born model for nanoscale materials: H. S. Park, P. A. Klein and G. J. Wagner A numerical method for the analysis of flexible bodies in unsteady viscous flows: J. Pederzani and H. Haj-Hariri BOOK REVIEW Volume 68 Number 11 10 December 2006 Krylov precise time-step integration method: T. C. Fung and Z. L. Chen Four-node semi-EAS element in six-field nonlinear theory of shells: J. Chrdscielewski and W. Witkowski Adaptive computational methods for variational inequalities based on mixed formulations: F. T. Suttmeier Volume 68 Number 12 17 December 2006 Advanced 4-node tetrahedrons: R.Tian, H. Matsubara and G. Yagawa A simple finite element model for vibration analyses induced by moving vehicles: S.-H. Ju, H.-T. Lin, C.-C. Hsueh and S.-L. Wang Potential field based geometric modelling using the method of fundamental solutions: R. Tankelevich, G. Fairweather, A. Karageorghis and Y.-S. Smyrlis Precise integration strategy for aseismic LQG control of structures: G. Song, J. Lin, F. W. Williams vi VOLUME CONTENTS Volume 68 Number 13 24 December 2006 Algorithmic formulation and numerical implementation of coupled electromagnetic-inelastic HPS RMBOATAR ce xixkintisinss och su sicen sonckuseahcheeena axe teus tun dan ci csee Rea ie aR nee yu ied es baEe e Na ete ets he nae Me ope eek re Locking and hourglass phenomena in an element-free Galerkin context: the B-bar method with stabilization and an enhanced strain method: D. P. Recio, R. M. N. Jorge and L. M. S. Dinis The intrinsic XFEM: a method for arbitrary discontinuities without additional unknowns: T.-P. Fries and T. Belytschko