Behaviour of Material and Composite Structures -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Parametric Analysis of the Models of Confinement of the Concrete Column -- Dynamic Characterization of API 5L X52 Pipeline Steel -- Three-Dimensional T-Stress to Predict the Directional Stability of Crack Propagation in a Pipeline with External Surface Crack -- Cross-Ply Laminates under Static Three-Point Bending: A Numerical Development Model -- Solving Frictional Contact Problems within the Bipotential Framework -- Finite Element Data Reduction Based Energy Release Rate for Delamination Tests -- Characterization and Comparison of Defects Detection Limits of Ultrasonic Non Destructive Techniques -- Tribological Behaviour of Stellite Matrix Composites for High Temperatures Applications -- Reliability Based Design Optimization for Selective Excitation of the Vibration Modes of a Cantilever Spring -- A New Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization -- Fatigue Crack Growth on FSW AA2024-T3 Aluminum Joints -- Delamination-Crater Interaction in Damage of Glass/Epoxy Composite Plates Subjected to Impact Fatigue -- Researches Concerning Structural and Mechanical Behavior of Sandwich Composite Polymeric Products -- Structural and Mechanical Characterization of Stainless Steel Joints Realized by CMT Process -- Applying of Integral Equation of Volterra for Determining the Section Forces in Composite Beam, Regarding Shrinkage of Concrete -- An Analytical-Numerical Approach Concerning the Stresses and Deformations in Single-Strapped Adhesively Bonded Joints -- 3D Adaptive Remeshing Procedure and its Application to Large Deformation Problems -- Development of an Adhesion Test for Characterizing the Interface Fiber/Polymer Matrix -- Effects of the Unified Viscoplastic Formulation and Temperature Terms on the Thermomechanical Behavior of Soldering Materials.

Keywords Index -- Authors Index.