Finite Elements in Civil Engineering Applications: Proceedings of the Third DIANA World Conference, Tokyo, Japan, October 2002

Hardcover, xiii + 546 pages. Internal stamps of a foreign company, else pages are very good: clean, with unmarked text. Firm binding; boards show shelfworn marks & scratches, a label on the back. Published without a dust jacket. -- Contents: 1 Constitutive models for quasi-brittle materials / Enhanced microplane concrete model & multi equivalent series phase model in Diana for fracture analysis of concrete structures; Comparative study of crack models; Application of Meschke's damage model in engineering; Fracture behaviour of high-performance concrete; Coupled damage-viscoplasticity model for concrete fracture; Application of microplane model for 3D reversed-cyclic analysis of reinforced concrete members; Application of finite element modelling to thermo-mechanical behavior of refractories; Effect of particle density on tensile fracture properties of model concrete; Application of cohesive element approach to analysis of delamination buckling & propagation in honeycomb panels; Implementing isotropic damage model in Diana: Use-case for user-supplied subroutine usrmat; 2 Creep, shrinkage, durability & young hardening concrete / Prediction of column shortening due to creep & shrinkage in tall buildings; Field measurements vs calculated results for Norwegian high performance concrete structures; Heat & stress development during chemical hydration in concrete; Deformation behavior of concrete highway pavements; Finite element modeling of early age concrete behavior using DIANA; Numerically simulated pore structure & its potential application in high performance concrete; Numerical modelling of microstructure development & strength of cementitious materials; Development of bond between reinforcement steel & early-age concrete; 3 Shear in reinforced concrete / Fracture analysis of bar pull-out in beam-column joints; FEM study on shear behavior of RC beam by discrete model; Finite element modeling of RC members subjected to shear; Size effect analysis for shear strength of reinforced concrete deep beams; Shear behavior of reinforced ultra light weight concrete beams with shear reinforcement; Non-linear analysis of prestressed concrete beams with total strain based crack model: FEM model & full-scale testing; Ultimate load capacity of reinforced steel fibre concrete deep beams subjected to shear; Finite element analysis of shear wall specimens made of ductile fiber reinforced cementitious composites subjected to lateral loading; Nonlinear FEM analysis of cap beam to evaluate shear strength against earthquake load; 4 Masonry & block mechanics / Guidelines for analysis of historical masonry structures; Analytical implications on in-plane behavior of unreinforced masonry walls; Numerical analyses of Bargower arch bridge; Finite elements in analysis of masonry structures; Sensitivity of masonry wall under base-restrained shrinkage; Settlement damage of masonry buildings in soft-ground tunnelling; Numerical modelling of masonry panels strengthened with FRPs; Strength of placed block revetments in dikes determined from field tests; 5 Geomechanics, steel & rubber / Advanced modelling for innovative developments in tunneling; Deformation of liquefied ground in shaking table tests & its prediction; Finite-element modelling of stress development & fault reactivation in producing gas reservoir: Quantification of DIANA calculation results; Modelling of deep subsurface for geohazard risk assessment; Mechanism of remedial measures against soil liquefaction by shear deformation constraint method; New constitutive model in DIANA for rubber-like materials; Shape optimization of plane trusses; Finite element modeling for high damping rubber bearing; 6 Reinforced concrete structures / Modal vs time history analysis: concepts for seismic design; Integrated structural performance assessment for reinforced concrete under coupled environment & seismic actions [.]. …