Preface. Committees and Sponsors. Opening Address. Discretization Strategies, Adaptive Methods. Recovery Procedures in Error Estimation and Adaptivity; O.C. Zienkiewicz, et al. Integrated Solution- and Model-Adaptivity in Finite-Element-Analysis of Plates and Shells; E. Stein, S. Ohnimus. Three-Dimensional Shell Formulation and Elements for Large Deformations; M. Bischoff, E. Ramm. An Adaptive Finite Element Method for Large Deformation Frictional Contact Problems; O. Scherf, P. Wriggers. Adaptive Methods for Nonlinear FE Analysis of Thin-Walled Structures; F. Cirak, E. Ramm. Efficient Discretisation Methods for the Numerical Simulation in Geomechanics; G. Beer. Large Displacements and Rotations. Traversing Limit Points in Nonlinear Structural Analysis Using Efficient Iterative Equation Solvers; K. Schweizerhof, et al. Computation of Global Equilibrium Paths; Zs. Gaspar, G. Domokos. New Thin Plate and Shell Triangles with Translational Degrees of Freedom Only; E. Onate, F. Zarate. Dynamics. Finite Elements with Nonlinear Statics and Dynamics; M.A. Crisfield, et al. Numerical Treatment of the Dynamic Soil-Structure-Fluid Interaction of Unanchored Liquid Storage Tanks; W. Wunderlich, M. Rapolder. Control of Global Relative Error of Spatial-Temporal Discretization in Dynamic Analysis; Ch.-K. Choi, H.-J. Chung. Nonlinear Structural Dynamic Analysis by a Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method; N.-E. Wiberg, X.D. Li. Seismic Response of Concrete Gravity Dams - A Continuum Damage Mechanics Approach; S. Valliappan, M. Yazdchi. On Non-Linear Static and Dynamic Thin Shell Analysis; F.B. Damjanic. Numerically Efficient Formulation of the Equations of Motion of TetheredSatellite Systems; W. Poth, et al. Novel Alternative Numerical Methods. A Field Boundary Element Formulation for Axisymmetric Finite Strain; G. Kuhn, O. Kohler. On the Computation of Derivatives up to the Boundary and Recovery Techniques in BEM; W.L. Wendland, et al. Parallel Computing with Free Mesh Method: Virtually Meshless FEM; G. Yagawa, et al. Multigrid Approach to Adaptive Analysis of B.V. Problems by the Meshless GFDM; J. Orkisz, et al. Hybrid-Trefftz Finite Element Formulations Based on the Fundamental Solution; V. Kompis, J. Bury. Hybrid Neural-Network/Computational Programs to the Analysis of Elastic-Plastic Structures; Z. Waszczyszyn, et al. Crack Detection by Elastostatic Measurements; G.E. Stavroulakis, H. Antes. Sensitivity Analysis and Optimisation. Recent Advances in Sensitivity Analysis for Nonlinear Structural Mechanics Problems; A.K. Noor, J.M. Peters. Some Aspects of FEM Application for Sensitivity Analysis of Quasi-Brittle Fracture Conditions; N.V. Banichuk, et al. Contact Problems and FE/BE Coupling. A Symmetric Coupled FE-BE Method for Vibrating Structures Interacting with an Acoustic Fluid; Z.S. Chen, et al. Dynamic Inelastic Soil-Structure Interaction Using a Hybrid BEM/FEM Scheme; G.D. Pavlatos, D.E. Beskos. Application of the Finite Element Method to the Analysis of Automobile Tires; H.-J. Payer et al. Micromechanics and Composites. Automated Multiscale Fracture Analysis; J. Fish, et al. Multiscale Treatment of Inhomogeneous Materials by Finite Elements; H.J. Boehm, et al. Global Non-Linear Behaviour of Periodic Composite Materials; B.A. Schrefler, et al. Discretization Concepts for Solid &endash; Solid