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Product Description: This book focuses on computational methods to determine the dynamics of large-scale electromagnetic, acoustic, and mechanical systems, including those with many substructures and characterized by an extended range of scales. Examples include large naval and maritime vessels, aerospace vehicles, and densely packed microelectronic and optical integrated circuits (VLSI)...read more

Product Description: The First World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO-1) was held in Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany from 28 May to 2 June 1995. Its aim was to bring together, at a single international meeting, researchers and practitoners in the field of structural optimization...read more

Product Description: Much of what engineers and scientists do is modeling natural phenomena, by developing mathematical models of nature they can study and predict the behaviour of physical systems. The remarkable advances in technology over the last half century attest to the success of this approach...read more

Product Description: The papers included in this book represent state-of-the-art developments in and applications of computer aided simulation of fluid-structure interaction problems in both the terrestrial and marine environments. Topics discussed include a wave force model for concrete armor units, response of concrete dam-water-foundation rock systems to earthquake ground motion, numerical simulation of the large motion response of moored and floating structures, fluid-structure-soil interaction of cylindrical liquid storage tanks, and structural data reduction for a floating breakwater prototype test program...read more