Materials with Complex Behaviour

Materials and Properties.- A Statistical Study on Stress-Strain Relation of AISI 304 Stainless Steel Under Elevated Temperatures.- Interaction Between Concrete Cylinders and Shape-Memory Wires in the Achievement of Active Confinement.- Mathematic Modeling of the Osprey Process.- Cyclic-Bend-Over-Sheave Fatigue Testing of an Umbilical for Oil Production in Ultra-Deep Waters.- Dynamic Crack Propagation in Composite Structures.- Computational Analysis of Loading-Unloading and Non-homogeneity Effects in Metallic Hollow Sphere Structures.- Dielectric Spectra Analysis: Reliable Parameter Estimation Using Interval Analysis.- Modeling and Simulation of Non-classical Materials and Structures.- Numerical Modeling of Complex Structures: Shells and Biological Cells.- Free Vibration Characteristics of Thermally Loaded Cylindrical Shell.- Model of Large Displacements in Static Analysis of Shell.- Nonlinear Time-Dependent Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Shells.- DBEM and FEM Analysis of an Extrusion Press Fatigue Failure.- Damage Detections in Nonlinear Vibrating Thermally Loaded Plates.- Macroscopic Stability Analysis in Periodic Composite Solids.- Finite Element Vibration Analysis of MHSS Based on 3D Tomography Image Processing.- Computational Modelling and Experimental Characterisation of Heterogeneous Materials.- Model Experiment and Numerical Modelling of Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction.- New Technologies.- The Laser Butt Welding Simulation of the Thin Sheet Metal.- Laser Drilling Simulation Considering Multiple Reflection of Laser, Evaporation and Melt Flow.- Effect of Flight Spectrum Loads on the Damage Tolerance Evaluation of a Helicopter Frame.- Effects of Manufacturing-Induced Residual Stresses and Strains on Hydrogen Embrittlement of Cold Drawn Steels.- Hybrid Bondingof Advanced High Strength Steels in the Lightweight Body Shell Design for the Automobile Manufacturing.

Andreas Öchsner, born 1970, is Full Professor in the Department Solid Mechanics and Design at the University of Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia and Head of the Advanced Materials and Structure Lab. Having obtained a Diploma Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (1997), Germany, he spent the time from 1997-2003 at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as a research and teaching assistant to obtain his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.). From 2003-06, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. His research interests are related to experimental and computational mechanics, cellular metals and thin structures and interphases. His research activities were recognised in 2010 by the award of a higher doctorate degree (D.Sc.) by the University of Newcastle, Australia. Lucas F. M. da Silva is currently Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He received a PhD related to adhesive bonding in 2004 from the University of Bristol under the supervision of Prof RD Adams. Since then, he has been teaching and investigating structural adhesive joints. The work covers a wide range of engineering structural adhesives such as epoxies, acrylics and bismaleimides. Several test methods for adhesive joints are available at the FEUP including various joint configurations such as bulk specimens, lap shear joints and butt joints. In addition to the experimental expertise, detailed analytical models and finite element analysis of stresses and strains within the joints are also undertaken.
In 2005 he joined the editorial board of the "International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives".