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PREFACE<br />

These <strong>Proceedings</strong> contain more than 70 extended abstracts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> work presented at <strong>the</strong> <strong>19</strong> th<br />

Annual <strong>Conference</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering<br />

(<strong>ACME</strong>) held at <strong>the</strong> Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh on 5 th and 6 th April <strong>2011</strong>.<br />

The Association was founded with <strong>the</strong> aims <strong>of</strong> promoting research in computational<br />

mechanics in engineering within <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong>, and establishing formal links with similar<br />

organisations in Europe and <strong>the</strong> International Association for Computational Mechanics<br />

(IACM).<br />

The principal activity <strong>of</strong> <strong>ACME</strong> involves <strong>the</strong> organisation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> annual conference. The first<br />

such conference took place at <strong>the</strong> University College <strong>of</strong> Wales Swansea in <strong>19</strong>93. The<br />

conferences have provided a forum for reviewing research activities in many areas <strong>of</strong><br />

mechanics, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary aspects.<br />

The conferences have proved to be particularly useful events for drawing toge<strong>the</strong>r researchers<br />

from different disciplines, and especially for providing young researchers with opportunities<br />

for presenting <strong>the</strong>ir work.<br />

The organisers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>19</strong>th <strong>ACME</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> took <strong>the</strong> initiative to organise <strong>the</strong> 1 st <strong>ACME</strong><br />

School, initially proposed by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Nenad Bicanic and o<strong>the</strong>r AMCE members. Many<br />

thanks to <strong>the</strong> lecturers <strong>of</strong> this School: Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Harm Askes, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Jon Trevelyan and Dr.<br />

Charles Augarde, who made it happen. It is hoped <strong>the</strong> <strong>ACME</strong> School becomes part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

future annual <strong>ACME</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>s.<br />

I would like to express my gratitude to <strong>the</strong> three invited speakers for <strong>the</strong>ir contribution to <strong>the</strong><br />

conference and <strong>the</strong> time and effort <strong>the</strong>y put.<br />

I would like to acknowledge <strong>the</strong> assistance <strong>of</strong> Ms Anne Ormston who has played an<br />

invaluable role in organising <strong>the</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>.<br />

I hope you enjoy your stay in <strong>the</strong> historic city <strong>of</strong> Edinburgh and <strong>the</strong> <strong>ACME</strong> meeting.<br />

Omar Laghrouche<br />

Vice-Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>ACME</strong> 2010/11

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