Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements

1. Fluid Dynamics.- The Turbulent Wake of a Flat Plate Near a Free Surface.- A Numerical Analysis of Three-Dimensional Compressible Turbulent Flows in Cascades and Ducts.- Finite Element Simulation of Transonic Flows by Modified Potential and Stream Function Methods.- Dispersion of Particles in Bi-Directional-Binary, Two-Dimensional, Incompressible Velocity Fields: Some Numerical Experiments.- Dynamic Tests and Model Simulation of a Nose-Towed Underwater Vehicle.- Hydrodynamic Studies of Cavitating Flow Interfacing with a Mathematical Model of Bubble Growth.- Simulation of Aorto Coronary Bypass Anastomoses Flow Conditions Using Distensible Tubing and a Pulsatile Pump.- Finite Element Modelling of Three Dimensional Fluid Flow.- 2. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.- Velocity and Pressure Distributions in Tornado-like Vortices.- Influence of Convection on Eutectic Microstructure.- Surface Roughness Effects on Modeled Atmospheric Vortices.- 3. Water Resources.- Finite Element Simulation of the Undular Hydraulic Jump.- Computation of the Potential Flow Over Hinged-Leaf Gates.- Computer-Aided Measurements of Damping in Marine Sediments.- A Non Linear Finite Element Model for the Predic tion of the Water Fluctuations Under the Electro Nuclear-Plant of Trino Vercellese, Italy.- Analytical and Numerical Solutions for the Calcula tion of Vertical Suspended Sediment Distributions in Turbulent Open Channel Flows.- Online System Identification for Energy Resource Optimisation.- 4. Waves.- Second Order Wave Diffraction for Offshore Structures.- 5. Heat Transfer.- Computation and Measurement of Material Temperature in a Rotating Kiln with and Without Tumbling.- Physical Control of Numerical Solution of Parabolic Equations.- A Data Analysis Method to Estimate Heat Transfer Coefficient for Exchanger Tubes.- 6. Stress Analysis.- The Solution of Continuum Mechanics Problems Using Boundary Elements.- Study of the Effect of Manufacturing Tolerances in a Model of Large Butterfly Valve by Holographic Interferometry.- Stress Tensor Gauge.- Stiffened Rectangular Cantilever Shell Subjected to a Corner Load.- Application of Transitional Finite Element in Linear Elastic Mixed Mode Fracture.- A Truncation Scheme with Applications to Physical Problems.- The Determination of Stresses Using a Combined Theoretical and, Experimental Analysis Approach.- 7. Structural Applications.- FE and BIE Models Versus Experimental Results for the Study of Structural Behaviours in Ocean Engineering.- A Computation and Measurement Analysis about the Evaluation Accuracy of the Stator -- Rotor Clearance on a Test Rig for Labyrinth Seals.- The Development of Plane and Initially Axisymmetric Laminar Wakes Generated by Bodies Moving Beneath a Free Surface.- Experimentally Verified Theoretical Analysis of Thin Glass Plates.- Asymptotic Solutions of Shells of Revolution Using the Computer Program Oasis.- 8. Vibrations.- Response of a Glass Melter to Steam Explosion.- A Data Acquisition System for the Investigation of Dynamic Stall.- On the Topological Structure of the Birkhoff-Shaw Strange Attractor.- Verifying Computations for Advanced Problems in Power Piping with in Situ Measurement.- A Multiblade Coordinate Transformation Processor.- A System Identification Finite Element Scheme to Improve Massive Rock Dynamic Models.- Elastic-Plastic Dynamic Analysis of Shear Wall Structures.- The BEM Scheme for Axisymmetric Dynamic Torsion Problems and the Evaluation of Dynamic Stiffnesses of the Foundation.- Unified Finite Element Approach for Dynamic Thermal Stress Analysis.- 9. Non-Linear Materials.-Post Cracking Behaviour of RCC Structures -- A FE Simulation.- Quantitative Constitutive Equation for Face Centered Cubic Crystals Based on Dislocation Dynamics Model.- Spline Interpolation of the Stress-Strain Curves for Concrete in Compression.- Inelastic Finite Element Analysis of Vierendeel Trusses of Rectangular Hollow Sections.- Numerical Plastic-Fracture Models for Concrete.- 10. Soil Problems.- Inelastic Analysis of Rectangular Hollow Section T-Joints by Finite Element Method.- 11. Coupled Problems.- Mixed Approach FEM, BEM, Experimental for Coupled Structures in Static and Dynamic Conditions.- Experimental and Numerical Description of the Diffusion of a Liquid in a Swelling Elastomer.- Instability of Large Ice Masses by Finite Element Method.- Chaos and the Unpredictability of Computational and Experimental Simulations.