CONTENTS Volume 43, Issue Nos. 1-8 (1998) International Journal for NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING Issue No. 1 Thermal Optimization in Transient Thermoelasticity using Response Surface Approximations: S. Kok, N. Stander and W. Roux A Two-level Finite Element Method and its Application to the Helmholtz Equation: L. P. Franca and A. P. Macedo Simulation of Surface Pitting due to Contact Loading: S. Glode2, Z. Ren and J. Flasker On the Accuracy of P-version Elements for the Reissner—Mindlin Plate Problem: E. Rank, R. Krause and K. Preusch Finite Element Methodology for Path Integrals in Fracture Mechanics: C.-C. Wu, Q.-Z. Xiao and G. Yagawa Shape Optimal Design of Elastic Space Frames with Non-linear Response: M. Kegl and H. Antes A Mixed Strain Element Method for Pressure-dependent Elastoplasticity at Moderate Finite Strain: X. Li, S. Cescotto and P. G. Duxbury NBS Contact Detection Algorithm for Bodies of Similar Size: A. Munjiza and K. R. F. Andrews A Coupled Boundary/Finite-element Approach for the Three-dimensional Simulation of Air Venting in Blow Molding and Thermoforming: R. E. Khayat and P. Raducanu On Hybrid Stress, Hybrid Strain and Enhanced Strain Finite Element Formulations for a Geometrically Exact Shell Theory with Drilling Degrees of Freedom: C. Sansour and J. Bocko CONFERENCE DIARY Visit Wiley Journals Online @WILEY interS@ience’ www.interscience.wiley.com A Cumulative Author, Title and Subject Index is also available at this address The international Journal forN umerical Methods in) E ngineering iis covered by thef i and indexi Abstract Jnl. in Eartha gi ing, hogtied BHRA Fiuid pone Centre, Boundary ate Communications, CITIS—CivilE ing Ab ath Citation (ISI), (CC)/Eng, Tech and Applied Sciences, Engineering index inc, Eng. Societies Library, Fluid ‘Abstracts ondF LUIDEX, Geodex, Geotechnical Abstracts, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, INSPEC, int. Petroleum A is Soft . PASCAL, Research Alert (ISI), Science Citation Index (ISI), SCISEARCH Database (ISI), Tribology and Corrosion Abstracts, Zentralblatt fir Mathematik. VOLUME CONTENTS Issue No. 2 implicit Constitutive Modelling for Viscoplasticity using Neural Networks: T. Furukawa and G. Yagawa Eigenvalue Translation Method for Stabilizing an Unsymmetric Lanczos Reduction Process: H. Li, A. Woodbury and P. Aitchison ALE Stress Update for Transient and Quasistatic Processes: A. Rodriguez-Ferran, F. Casadei and A. Huerta The MINLP Optimization Approach to Structural Synthesis. Part |: A General View on Simultaneous Topology and Parameter Optimization: S. Kravanja, Z. Kravanja and B. S. Bedenik The MINLP Optimization Approach to Structural Synthesis. Part Il: Simultaneous Topology, Parameter and Standard Dimension Optimization by the Use of the Linked Two-phase MINLP Strategy: S. Kravanja, Z. Kravanja and B. S. Bedenik The MINLP Optimization Approach to Structural Synthesis. Part Ill: Synthesis of Roller and Sliding Hydraulic Steel Gate Structures: S. Kravanja, Z. Kravanja and B. S. Bedenik Dynamic and Static Analysis of Cracks using the Hypersingular Formulation of the Boundary Element Method: F. Chirino and R. Abascal CONFERENCE DIARY Issue No. 3 Numerical Solution of Fuzzy Linear Equations in Engineering Analysis: S. S. Rao and A Parallel Method of Eigenvalue Analysis using Dynamic Substructuring and Homotopy Continuation: Y.-S. Jang and S.-K. Youn Solving Boundary-value Problems using hp-version Finite Elements in Time: M. S. Warner and D. H. Hodges Unique Decomposition of Element Stiffness Numeric Matrices for Three-noded Plate Bending Triangles: L. S. D. Morley The Boundary Element Solution of the Lapiace and Biharmonic Equations Subjected to Noisy Boundary Data: D. Lesnic, L. Elliott and D. B. Ingham A Description of Macroscopic Damage through Microstructural Relaxation: T. Zohdi, M. Feucht, D. Gross and P. Wriggers A Pollution Controlled Hybrid Interior Error Estimator for Linear Elastostatics: S. Mukherjee and C. S. Krishnamoorthy Multinode Finite Element based on Boundary Integral Equations: V. E. Bulgakov and M. V. Bulgakova VOLUME CONTENTS Min-Max Dynamic Response Optimization of Mechanical Systems using Approximate Augmented Lagrangian: M.-S. Kim and D.-H. Choi Triangles and Tetrahedra in Explicit Dynamic Codes for Solids: O. C. Zienkiewicz, J. Rojek, R. L. Taylor and M. Pastor CONFERENCE DIARY Issue No. 4 The Effective Stress Function Algorithm for Pressure-dependent Plasticity Applied to Hot Isostatic Pressing: A. Svoboda, L.-E. Lindgren and A. S. Oddy Lagrangian Finite Element Analysis of Newtonian Fluid Flows: R. Radovitzky and Development of Non-iterative Self Correcting Solution (NONSS) Method for the Viscoplastic Analysis with the Chaboche Model: P. Chellapandi and R. S. Alwar Hybrid-Trefftz Stress Elements for Elastoplasticity: J. A. Teixeira de Freitas and Development of High-order Manifold Method: G. Chen, Y. Ohnishi and T. Ito Iterative Solution of Systems of Equations in the Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element Method for the Diffusion Equation: V. Bulgakov, B. Sariler and G. Kuhn A Family of Efficient Extrapolation Formulae and their Application in Mechanics: M. Zyczkowski Modelling of Laminates using a Layerwise Element with Enhanced Strains: C. M. Dakshina Moorthy and J. N. Reddy CONFERENCE DIARY Issue No. 5 On the Completeness of Meshfree Particle Methods: T. Belytschko, Y. Krongauz, J. Dolbow and C. Gerlach Computational Methods for Inverse Deformations in Quasi-incompressible Finite Elasticity: S. Govindjee and P. A. Mihalic The Natural Element Method in Solid Mechanics: N. Sukumar, B. Moran and T. Belytschko Infinite Elements in the Time Domain using a Prolate Spheroidal Multipole Expansion: J. L. Cipolia and M. J. Butler A Four-node Solid Shell Element Formulation with Assumed Strain: B. L. Kemp, C. Cho and S. W. Lee vi VOLUME CONTENTS A New Higher-order Hybrid-mixed Curved Beam Element: J. G. Kim and Y. Y. Kim Modelling of Muscle Behavior by the Finite Element Method using Hill's Three-element Model: M. Kojic, S. Mijailovic and N. Zdravkovic Von Neumann Stability Analysis of Biot’s General Two-dimensional Theory of Consolidation: M. |. Miga, K. D. Paulsen and F. E. Kennedy CONFERENCE DIARY Issue No. 6 An HR-method of Mesh Refinement for Boundary Element Method: B. A. Ammons and M. Vable Incorporation of Linear Multipoint Constraints in Substructure based Iterative Solvers. Part |: A Numerically Scalable Algorithm: C. Farhat, C. Lacour and D. Rixen Post-buckling Analysis of a Strut with General Initial Imperfection: S. S. E. Lam New Unconditionally Stable Staggered Solution Procedures for Coupled Soil-Pore Fluid Dynamic Problems: M. Huang and O. C. Zienkiewicz A New Strategy for the Solution of Frictional Contact Problems: M. H. Refaat and S. A. Meguid A Multi-frontal Parallel Algorithm for Coupled Thermo-hydro-mechanical Analysis of Deforming Porous Media: Wang Xicheng and B. A. Schrefler Sensitivity Analysis of Truss Structures (Virtual Distortion Method Approach): P. Kolakowski and J. Holnicki-Szulc Optimization Method for Steady Conduction in Special Geometry using a Boundary Element Method: S. J. Park and T. H. Kwon Large Deformation Analysis of Contact in Degenerate Shell Elements: N. El-Abbasi and S. A. Meguid Mesh Gradation Control: H. Borouchaki, F. Hecht and P. J. Frey LETTER TO THE EDITOR CONFERENCE DIARY Issue No. 7 A Shear-Flexible Element with Warping for Thin-walled Open Beams: S. Y. Back and K. M. Will Interpolation of Rotational Variables in Nonlinear Dynamics of 3D Beams: G. Jeleni¢ and M. A. Crisfield VOLUME CONTENTS On Using Different Recovery Procedures for the Construction of Smoothed Stress in Finite Element Method: S. H. Lo and C. K. Lee Finite Element Solution for the Continuum Traffic Equilibrium Problems: S. C. Wong, C. K. Lee and C. O. Tong Numerical Quenchback in Thermofluid Simulations of Superconducting Magnets: L. Bottura and A. Shajii Generalized Conservation Checks in Finite Element Analysis: B. Tabarrok, Z. Qin and M. Stylianou A Finite Element Formulation for Sliding Beams, Part |: K. Behdinan and B. Tabarrok Sliding Beams, Part Il: Time Integration: K. Behdinan, M. C. Stylianou and B. Tabarrok CONFERENCE DIARY Issue No. 8 An Assumed Enhanced Displacement Gradient Ring-element for Finite Deformation Axisymmetric and Torsional Problems: C. C. Celigoj A Multilevel Hierarchical Preconditioner for Thin Elastic Solids: J. A. Mitchell and J. N. Reddy Discontinuous Spectral Element Approximations for the Velocity-pressure—stress Formulation of the Stokes Problem: M. |. Gerritsma and T. N. Phillips The Method of Fundamental Solutions and Quasi-Monte-Carlo Method for Diffusion Equations: C. S. Chen, M. A. Golberg and Y. C. Hon Simulating Three-dimensional Stress Intensity Factors by the Least-squares Method: Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures with Local Stress Constraints: P. Duysinx and M. P. Bendsge Updating Inverses in Matrix Analysis of Structures: E. Castillo, A.C obo, A. Fernandez- Canteli, F. Jubete and E. Pruneda Circulant Preconditioners for Ill-conditioned Boundary Integral Equations from Potential Equations: R. H. Chan, H.-W. Sun and W.-F. Ng Adaptive Mesh-updating Methods for Non-linear Finite Element Analysis of Shells: P. Nordlund, A. E. Giannakopoulos and B. Haggblad CONFERENCE DIARY