SAMPLE MINISYMPOSIUM SUMMARY FILE
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MiniSymposium: Advanced Finite Element Methods

Organizers:

Professor Carlos A. Felippa      Professor Ekkehard Ramm           Dr. Wolgang A. Wall       
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering   Institut fur Baustatik            Institute fur Baustatik 
University of Colorado, CB 429   Universit at Stuttgart            Universitat Stuttgart    
Boulder, CO 80309-0429, USA      D-70550 Stuttgart, GERMANY        D-70550 Stuttgart, GERMANY 
Ph: (303) 492-6547, Fax:-4990    Tel:++49-711-685-6124, Fax:-6130  Tel:++49-711-685-6125, Fax:-6130
carlos@titan.colorado.edu        eramm@statik.uni-stuttgart.de     wall@statik.uni-stuttgart.de

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Recommended Session Organization:

Session I, Chair: Felippa
Bob Taylor (keynote)
R. Piltner
K.-U. Bletzinger
L.L. Thompson, Y. Tong
M. Berkovic, D. Mijuca

Session II, Chair: Ramm
G. Skeie, P.G. Bergan
J. Pitkaranta
M. Bischoff, E. Ramm
A. Mota, J.F. Abel
W.I. Hong, Y.H. Kim, S.W. Lee
M.B. Rubin

Session III, Chair: Wall
C.R. Dohrmann, S.W. Key, M.W. Heinstein
M. A. Puso
X. Liu, C.H. Jenkins, W.W. Schur
D. Lee, J.B. Kosmatka
M. Balah, H.N. Al-Ghamedy
H.C. Park, Y.-H. Choi, C. Cho

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List of Accepted Abstracts:  

Keynote Lecture:  R. L. Taylor
Title TBA
Corresponding e-mail: rlt@ce.berkeley.edu

Contributed Abstracts (ordered by first author's last name)

1. Balah, M. and Al-Ghamedy, H. N.:
A Higher Order Four Node Laminated Shell Element.
Corresponding author: H. N. Al-Ghamedy, hghamdi@kfupm.edu.sa
Co-author e-mail:

2. Berkovic, M. and Mijuka, D.:
A Stable and Efficient Primal-Mixed Formulation in Elasticity.
Corresponding author: Mladen Berkovic,  berkovic@matf.bg.ac.yu
Co-author e-mail:
                    
3. Bischoff, M.  and Ramm, E.:
Theory and Numerics of a Three-Dimensional Shell Model.
Corresponding author:  M. Bischoff, bischoff@statik.uni-stuttgart.de
Co-author e-mail: eramm@statik.uni-stuttgart.de

4. Bletzinger, K.-U.:
The Generation of Shear Locking Free Beam, Plate and Shell
Elements by the  Discrete Shear Gap Method.
Corresponding author: Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, kub@bau-verm.uni-karlsruhe.de

5. Dohrmann, C. R., Key, S. W. and Heinstein, M. W.: 
A Method for Connecting Dissimilar Finite Element Meshes.
Corresponding author:  Clark R. Dohrmann, crdohrm@sandia.gov
Co-authors e-mail:

6. Hong, W. I., Kim, Y. H. and Lee, S. W.:
An Assumed Strain Triangular Solid Element Enriched by Bubble Functions.
Corresponding author: Yong Hyup Kim, yhkim@gong.snu.ac.kr
Co-authors e-mail: 

7. Lee, D. G. and Kosmatka, J. B.:
Passively Damped Vibration of Rotating Curved Laminated
Shells Using Zig-Zag Triangular Element.
Corresponding author:   J. B. Kosmatka, kosmatka@ames.ucsd.edu
Co-authors e-mail:

8. Liu, X., Jenkins, C. H. and Schur, W. W.:
Fine Analysis of Degenerate Membrane States Using a Penalty Parameter 
Modified Constitutive Relation. 
Corresponding author:  Christopher H. Jenkins, CJENKINS@taz.sdsmt.edu
Co-authors e-mail:

9. Mota, A. and Abel, J. F.:
The Hu-Washizu Finite Element Formulation as a Stress Recovery Method.
Corresponding author:   A. Mota, aam4@cornell.edu 
Co-author e-mail:

10. Park, H. C., Choi, Y.-H. and Cho, C.:
Torsional Buckling Analysis of Composite Cylinders. 
Corresponding author:   Hoon C. Park, hcpark@kkucc.konkuk.ac.kr
Co-author e-mail:

11. Piltner, R. :
Two- and Three-Dimensional Mixed Enhanced Finite Elements
with Orthogonal Stress and Strain Functions.
Corresponding author:  R. Piltner, rpiltner@unlinfo.unl.edu

12. Pitkaranta, J.:
Theory of the First Locking-Free Plane-Elastic Finite Element.
Corresponding author: Juhani Pitkaranta,  juhani.pitkaranta@hut.fi

13. Puso, M. A.:
A Highly Efficient Enhanced Assumed Strain Physically Stabilized Hexahedral Element.
Corresponding author:  Mike Puso, puso@llnl.gov

14. Rubin, M. B.:
Numerical Solution Procedures for Nonlinear Elastic Rods  
Using the Theory of a Cosserat Point.
Corresponding author:  M. B. Rubin, mbrubin@tx.technion.ac.il

15. Skeie, G. and Bergan, P. G.:
The Free Formulation - Past and Present.
Corresponding author:  G. Skeie,  Geir.Skeie@dnv.com 
Co-author e-mail: pb@schooner.vr.dnv.no

16. Thompson, L. L. and Tong, R.:
Hybrid Least Squares Finite Element Methods for Reissner-Mindlin Plate
Corresponding author:  L. L. Thompson, lonny.thompson@ces.clemson.edu
Co-author e-mail:

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