Insights and Advances in the Analysis of Structures

The objective in this presentation is to survey our recent research accomplishments to advance the state of computational simulations in engineering and the sciences. We present our novel insights and recent advances in the analysis of transient and wave propagation problems, the simulation of large strain conditions of shells, the prediction of more accurate solutions using low-order elements, and the coupling of structures to general fluid flows and electromagnetic effects. At the conference, applications are given in the analysis of traditional structures and in the modeling of nano-structures, specifically, proteins and DNA assemblies. Also, major challenges are outlined for further advances in the field.