List of speakers , Inst. de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja, Spain C. Andrade , Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain A. Barbat Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel A. Bentur, , Politecnico di Milano, Italy F. Biondini University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy F. Bontempi, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain J.R. Casas, Institut f. Baustatik und Konstruktion, Zürich, Switzerland M. Faber, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA D.M. Frangopol, Univ. Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, Colombia J. Hurtado, , University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK D.R. Jones Technische Universität Wien, Wien, Austria H. Mang, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain A. Marí, , Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France J. Mazars , Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany G. Meschke , Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain X. Oliver , Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain E. Oñate , University of Swansea, UK R. Owen National Technical University of Athens, Greece M. Papadrakakis, Lab. des Fluides Complexes, UMR, Anglet, France G.Pijaudier-Cabot, University of Stuttgart, Germany H. Reinhardt, Inst. de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja, Spain O.I. Rio, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain P. Roca, DRAGADOS, Madrid, Spain J. Rodríguez, Inst. of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland J. Rojek, , Univ. Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain V. Sánchez Galvez Univ. of Padova, Italy B. Schrefler, Tecnological Institute, USA S. Shah, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain B. Suárez, Spain Inst. de Ciencas de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja, P. Tanner, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain M.Á. Toledo, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan F. Tomosawa, K.J. Willam Dept. of CEAE, Boulder, Colorado, USA

The ability to provide numerical simulations for predicting failure of structures with standard and new composite materials is advancing rapidly. Significant advances have been made in the formulation and dynamic problems involving implementation of algorithms for static and finite strains, complex contact interaction laws, constitutive material behaviours including multi-physics or multi-scale effects, progressive large scale fracturing, etc. Such advances, however, demand a closer interaction between numerical analysts and material scientists in order to produce theoretical models which provide a response in keeping with fundamental material principles and experimental observations. Numerical techniques, and in particular finite element and discrete element methods, are now extensively employed in non-linear structural analysis and very often offer the only means of solution for practical engineering problems. Experimental methodologies for structural analysis on the other hand, are undergoing significant technological changes. The development of wireless sensor networks (WSN) incorporating the advances in networked info-mechanical systems (NIMS) for intelligent control and operation of maintenance systems add new possibilities for enhanced safety and durability of constructions.

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