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As Directors of this NATO Workshop, we welcome this opportunity to record formally our thanks to the NATO Scientific Affairs Division for making our meeting possible through generous financial support and encouragement. This meeting has two purposes: the first obvious one because we have collected scientists from East, far East and west to discuss new development in the field of fracture mechanics: the notch fracture mechanics. The second is less obvious but perhaps in longer term more important that is the building of bridges between scientists in the frame of a network called Without Walls Institute on Notch Effects in Fatigue and Fracture". Physical perception of notch effects is not so easy to understand as the presence of a geometrical discontinuity as a worst effect than the simple reduction of cross section. Notch effects in fatigue and fracture is characterised by the following fundamental fact: it is not the maximum local stress or stress which governs the phenomena of fatigue and fracture. The physic shows that a process volume is needed probably to store the necessary energy for starting and propagating the phenomenon. This is a rupture of the traditional "strength of material" school which always give the prior importance of the local maximum stress. This concept of process volume was strongly affirmed during this workshop.

Notch effect --- Materials --- Fracture mechanics --- Entaille, Effet d' --- Matériaux --- Mécanique de la rupture --- Congresses. --- Fatigue --- Congrès --- Mechanics. --- Materials science. --- Engineering design. --- Classical Mechanics. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Engineering Design. --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Design

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A compact presentation of the foundations, current state of the art, recent developments and research directions of all essential techniques related to the mechanics of composite materials and structures. Special emphasis is placed on classic and recently developed theories of composite laminated beams, plates and shells, micromechanics, impact and damage analysis, mechanics of textile structural composites, high strain rate testing and non-destructive testing of composite materials and structures. Topics of growing importance are addressed, such as: numerical methods and optimisation, identification and damage monitoring. The latest results are presented on the art of modelling smart composites, optimal design with advanced materials, and industrial applications. Each section of the book is written by internationally recognised experts who have dedicated most of their research work to a particular field. Readership: Postgraduate students, researchers and engineers in the field of composites. Undergraduate students will benefit from the treatment of the foundations of the mechanics of composite materials and structures.

Composite materials --- Congresses --- Mechanical properties --- Mechanics. --- Materials science. --- Engineering design. --- Classical Mechanics. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Engineering Design. --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Design --- Laminated materials --- Composite construction. --- Mechanical properties. --- Beams, Composite --- Building, Composite --- Composite beams --- Composite building --- Composite girders --- Girders, Composite --- Building, Iron and steel --- Concrete construction --- Concrete slabs --- Coating processes --- Plates (Engineering)

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This book contains an edited versIOn of lectures presented at the NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE on VIRTUAL NONLINEAR MUL TIBODY SYSTEMS which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 23 June to 3 July 2002. It was organized by the Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, in cooperation with the Institute B of Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, Germany. The ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE addressed the state of the art in multibody dynamics placing special emphasis on nonlinear systems, virtual reality, and control design as required in mechatronics and its corresponding applications. Eighty-six participants from twenty-two countries representing academia, industry, government and research institutions attended the meeting. The high qualification of the participants contributed greatly to the success of the ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE in that it promoted the exchange of experience between leading scientists and young scholars, and encouraged discussions to generate new ideas and to define directions of research and future developments. The full program of the ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE included also contributed presentations made by participants where different topics were explored, among them: Such topics include: nonholonomic systems; flexible multibody systems; contact, impact and collision; numerical methods of differential-algebraical equations; simulation approaches; virtual modelling; mechatronic design; control; biomechanics; space structures and vehicle dynamics. These presentations have been reviewed and a selection will be published in this volume, and in special issues of the journals Multibody System Dynamics and Mechanics of Structures and Machines.

Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Dynamics --- Multibody systems --- Nonlinear theories --- Many-body problem --- Applied Mathematics --- Dynamique --- Théories non linéaires --- Problème des N corps --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Vibration. --- Dynamical systems. --- Dynamics. --- System theory. --- Mechanical engineering. --- Applied mathematics. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Engineering design. --- Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. --- Systems Theory, Control. --- Mechanical Engineering. --- Mathematical and Computational Engineering. --- Engineering Design. --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Machinery --- Steam engineering --- Systems, Theory of --- Systems science --- Science --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Statics --- Cycles --- Sound --- Design --- Philosophy

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Nonlinear Modeling: Advanced Black-Box Techniques discusses methods on Neural nets and related model structures for nonlinear system identification; Enhanced multi-stream Kalman filter training for recurrent networks; The support vector method of function estimation; Parametric density estimation for the classification of acoustic feature vectors in speech recognition; Wavelet-based modeling of nonlinear systems; Nonlinear identification based on fuzzy models; Statistical learning in control and matrix theory; Nonlinear time-series analysis. It also contains the results of the K.U. Leuven time series prediction competition, held within the framework of an international workshop at the K.U. Leuven, Belgium in July 1998.

Engineering design --- Nonlinear systems --- Conception technique --- Systèmes non linéaires --- Mathematical models --- Modèles mathématiques --- 681.5.021 --- -Nonlinear systems --- -Academic collection --- Systems, Nonlinear --- System theory --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Automatic control engineering. Control systems, techniques, equipment. Cybernetic and automation technology--?.021 --- Design --- Mathematical models. --- 681.5.021 Automatic control engineering. Control systems, techniques, equipment. Cybernetic and automation technology--?.021 --- Systèmes non linéaires --- Modèles mathématiques --- Academic collection --- Electronic circuits. --- Statistical physics. --- Dynamical systems. --- System theory. --- Signal processing. --- Image processing. --- Speech processing systems. --- Electrical engineering. --- Circuits and Systems. --- Complex Systems. --- Systems Theory, Control. --- Signal, Image and Speech Processing. --- Electrical Engineering. --- Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. --- Electric engineering --- Computational linguistics --- Electronic systems --- Information theory --- Modulation theory --- Oral communication --- Speech --- Telecommunication --- Singing voice synthesizers --- Pictorial data processing --- Picture processing --- Processing, Image --- Imaging systems --- Optical data processing --- Processing, Signal --- Information measurement --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Systems, Theory of --- Systems science --- Science --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Statics --- Mathematical statistics --- Electron-tube circuits --- Electric circuits --- Electron tubes --- Electronics --- Philosophy --- Statistical methods --- Engineering design - Mathematical models --- Nonlinear systems - Mathematical models