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IntroductionThis book contains selected, extended papers presented in the thematic ECCOMAS conference on Computational Modelling and Advanced Simulations (CMAS2009) held in Bratislava, Slovakia, in June 30-July 3, 2009.Modelling and simulation of engineering problems play a very important role in the classic and new composite material sciences, and in design and computational prototyping of modern and advanced technologic parts and systems. According to this, the existing numerical methods have been improved and new numerical methods have been established for modelling and simulation of more and more complex and complicated engineering problems. The present book should contribute to the effort to make the modelling and simulation more effective and accurate.All the extended papers were reviewed by members of the Conference CMAS2009 Scientific Board, and these papers are arranged into following 18 separated chapters:In the first chapter a boundary element method is developed for the nonlinear dynamic analysis of beam-columns of arbitrary doubly symmetric simply or multiply connected constant cross-section, partially supported on tensionless Winkler foundation, undergoing moderate large deflections under general boundary conditions, taking into account the effects of shear deformation and rotary inertia. Numerical examples are worked out to illustrate the efficiency, wherever possible the accuracy and the range of applications of the developed method.In the second chapter a new plate theory based on the direct approach is introduced and applied to plates composed of functionally graded materials (FGM). The material properties are changing in the thickness direction. Solving some problems of the global structural analysis it will be demonstrated that in some cases the results significantly differ from the results based on the Kirchhoff-type theory.In the third chapter the indirect Trefftz collocation method is applied to solve the inverse Cauchy problem of linear piezoelectricity. The static analysis of coupled fields in 2D piezoelectric solids is considered.In the forth chapter new phenomenological material model for solid foam materials is presented. This model describes the uniaxial compressive stress-strain curves of foam materials. Parameters of this model specifically control the shape of compressive stress-strain curve and they are function of foam density. v vi
IntroductionThe fifth chapter is focused mainly on polypropylene based composites filled by mineral fillers, but some results can be generalized for...