INFORMATIVO ABCM Nº 082/06 – Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures

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CONTENTS

A. Editorial

B. Preface

1. Structural reliability analysis using deterministic finite element programs
by André T. Beck and Edison da Rosa

2. Damage of hydroelectric power plant trash-racks due to fluid-dynamic exciting frequencies
by L. P. Nascimento, J.B.C. Silva and V. Di Giunta

3. Stability and nonlinear dynamic behaviour of cross-ply laminated heated cylindrical shells
by B. P. Patel, S. Singh and Y. Nath

4. Anisotropic damage in composite shell structures
by Roberto C. Pavan and Guillermo J. Creus

5. Effect of composite type and its configuration on buckling strength of thin laminated composite plates
by M. Kamruzzaman, A. Umar, S. Q. A. Naqvi and N. A. Siddiqui

6. Numerical investigation of the flow in a two-dimensional cavity: meshless, finite volumes and finite differences methods
by Antônio Carlos Henriques Marques and José Laércio Doricio

7. Stability analysis of three-dimensional trusses
by M. Greco and W.S. Venturini