Front Cover; Large Engineering Systems; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; LARGE SYSTEMS-A UNIFYING THEME; BANQUET ADDRESS; CAPITALISM, COMMUNISM, COPULATION, AND COLLISION; A Crisis of Conscience and Consciousness; The following address was then delivered:; The speaker was thanked by D.R. Campbell, President of The University of Manitoba; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PART I:FIELDS; CHAPTER 1: SYSTEMS FOR LARGE ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLUTIONS; SUMMARY; I. GOALS AND VALUES OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; II. ELEMENTS OF PROBLEM SOLVING; III. PHILOSOPHY AND CONCEPT OF SYSTEMS.

Iv. examples of system implementation for large aeroelastic engineering problemsv. future trends in system development; reference list; chapter 2. complexity of vectorized solution of two-dimensional finite element grids; abstract; introduction; a dissection algorithm for arbitrary rectangular elements; operation and vector counts; vectorizability of the solution; conclusions; references; chapter 3. analysis of an automobile body by finite element method; abstract; introduction; finite element formulation; finite element idealization; computer program; applications; conclusions; references.

Chapter 4. procedures for computer analysis of large nonlinear structural systemsabstract; introduction; source of nonlinear algebraic equations; organization of nonlinear analysis; stage analysis; classification of solution techniques; corrective methods; incremental methods; prob lem-adaptive solution strategies; concluding remarks; acknowledgment; references and bibliography; discussion; chapter 5. the prediction of the spectral densities of folded plate structures using finite element results; abstract; introduction; the finite element method; determination of spectral densities.

Discussion of results and conclusionsreferences; chapter 6. finite-element solution of boundary integral equations; abstract; introduction; the method; computer implementation; example; conclusion; references; chapter 7. a small frontal package for finite elements; introduction and motivation; economic considerations; equation solving techniques; frontal housekeeping; main features of frontal package; package components; conclusions; references; chapter 8. an approximate method for investigation of large circular loop arrays; abstract; introduction; method; conclusions; references.

Chapter 9. numerical modelling by the tlm methodintroduction; space discretisation; time discretisation by stub transmission-line modelling; time discretisation by link transmission-line modelling; time discretisation by general transmission-line modelling; discussions and conclusions; acknowledgement; references; chapter 10. a unifying discrete model of field problems; abstract; introduction; the direct discrete method (ddm); the ddm and diakoptics; analysis of large-scale systems; heat conduction example; distinguishing features of the ddm; conclusions; references; part ii: optimization; Chapter 11. nonlinear optimization of engineering design with emphasis on centering, tolerancing, and tuning.