Summarizes recent advances from leading scientists actively engaged in computational mechanics Presents an efficient computational strategy enabling more realistic material description as well as deformation responses

Reviews the accuracy and efficiency of computational methods

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Evolution of Failure Mechanisms in Composite Shells Using Different Models.- Micro-macro Modelling of Metallic Composites.- Comparison of Mechanical Tests for the Identification of Composite Defects using Full-field Measurements and the Modified Constitutive Relation Error.- Snap-through of Bistable Configurations Generated from Variable Stiffness.- Invariant-Based Finite Strain Anisotropic Material Model for Fiber-Reinforced Composites.- Unified Approach to Sensitivity Analysis Based Automation of Multi-scale Modelling.- Efficient Multiscale FE-FFT-based Modeling and Simulation of Macroscopic Deformation Processes with Non-Linear Heterogeneous Microstructures.- Experimental-Numerical Validation Framework for Micromechanical Simulations.- Stochastic Upscaling via Linear Bayesian Updating.- A Model Reduction Technique in Space and Time for Fatigue Simulation.- Finite and Virtual Element Formulation for Large Strain Anisotropic Material with Inextensive Fibers.- A Micromorphic Damage-Plasticity Model to Counteract Mesh Dependence in Finite Element Simulations Involving Material Softening.- Modeling of Material Deformation Responses Using Gradient Elasticity Theory.- 3D Crack Propagation by the Extended Finite Element Method and a Gradient-Enhanced Damage Model.- A 3D magnetostrictive Preisach Model for the Simulation of Magneto-electric Composites on Multiple Scales.- A Multiscale Framework for Thermoplasticity.- A Method of Numerical Viscosity Measurement for Solid-Liquid Mixture.- Numerical Simulation of Hydrogen Embrittlement at the Example of a Cracked Pipeline.