1999ASMEMechanicsandMaterialsConference.docVIP

? INTEGRITY?? RELIABILITY?? FAILURE An International Conference UNIVERSITY OF PORTO Portugal July 19-22, 1999 Schedule of Presentations Monday July 19, 1999 M 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Opening Ceremony Room E Introduction by Professor J.F. Silva Gomes (Co-chair) Welcome Address by Professor J.C. Marques SantosDean of Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Briefing by Professor S.A. Meguid (Co-chair) M 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary I Room E PLENARY LECTURE Computational Modeling of Local Stress Fields and Delamination in Composite Laminates Professor J.N. Reddy Texas A M, USA Chair: Professor J.F. Silva Gomes, University of Porto, Portugal M 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Plenary II Room E PLENARY LECTURE Small Gas Turbine Engines Technologies for the Next Millennium Dr. Hany Moustapha Manager, Turbine Component Center and Technology Pratt Whitney Canada Inc., ( Montreal) Chair: Professor S.A. Meguid, University of Toronto, Canada M 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Coffee Break Lounge M 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Session 1-A Room A Symposium: Advanced Modeling and Simulation - I Organizers: S.A. Meguid1 and J.F. Silva Gomes2 1University of Toronto, Canada, 2University of Porto, Portugal Chairs: V.K. Kinra, Texas AM University, USA N. Ghoniem, University of California at Los Angeles, USA Keynote Lecture: Multi-scale Modeling of Material Deformation and Failure: A Grand Challenge, Ghoniem, N.M., University of California at Los Angeles, USA Comparative Stress Analysis in Constructive Orthotropic Ribbed Plate, Kulenovic, Z.H, University of Split, Croatia Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Saddle Supported Pressure Vessels, El-Abbasi, N. and Meguid, S.A., Univ. of Toronto, Canada Effects of Tag Axle on the Static and Dynamic Behaviour of a Heavy Tow Tractor-Towed Vehicle Combination, Tennich, M. and Falah, B., Univ. du Québec à Rimouski, Canada Study of Boundary Friction Between Running-In Materials, Nogueira, I., Dias, A.M., Progri, R. and Gras, R., Instituto Politécnico de Tomar