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1580 ANNOUNCEMENTStured successfully by large deformation formingand examples of severe forming defects causedby lackof appropriate control which rendered theproducts useless.

Major survey papers in three areas providegeneral background: Experiments on PlasticDeformation at Finite Strain by S. S. Hecker,M. G. Stout and D. T. Each of Los AlamosNational Laboratory, Micro and Macromechanicsof Crystalline Plasticity by R. J . Asaroof BrownNUMERICAL SOLUTION OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIALEQUATIONS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, L.Lapidus and G. F. Pinder, Wiley-Interscience,New York, 1982, No. of pages: 677. Price:f35.00.

This book is intended as a guide for scientistsand engineers to numerical methods for the so-lution of partial differential equations. Thematerial included is free from any specializednotation and terminology and should thereforebe suitable to workers in a wide rangeof disci-plines. The large size of the book enables theauthors to consider, in some detail, the majorityof numerical schemesof current practical interest.

University and Finite Elements and FiniteStrain Plasticity Problems by A. Needleman ofBrown. Background in the broadly spread areaof constitutive relations was covered in severalpapers.Perhaps the major uncommon characteristic ofthis volume is the frank extensive in-depth dis-cussion of many aspectsof plasticity research byprominent researchers, including the topic ofwhere we go from here.

After an introduction to the finite differencemethod and to finite element, collocation andboundary element procedures, equations of para-bolic, elliptic and hyperbolic type are consideredin depth in lengthy chapters. The arrangementofthe material within each chapter would enable astudent to work through the book either byequation type or by numerical approach.Most research workers concerned with thenumerical solution of partial differentialequations will want a copy of this text on theirshelves, with its wealth of information providingan excellent source of reference.

K. MORGANUniversity College, Swansea

ANNOUNCEMENTSMAFELAP 1984

Conference onTHE MATHEMATICS OF FINITE ELEMENTS AND APPLICATIONSBrunel University, 1-4 May 1984

Following the four previous Brunel conferenceson The Mathematics of Finite Elements andApplications, a fifth residential conference withthe same title will be run at Brunel University atthe beginning of May 1984. The aim will be tobring together again workers from different disci-plines whose common interest is finite elementmethods. The programme will consist of invitedlectures, contributed papers and poster sessions.TopicsThe Mathematical Theory of Finite ElementsEngineering and Scientific Applications ofComputational Techniques for theBoundary Element Methods and TheirThe Finite Element/Computer Aided

Finite ElementsImplementationof Finite Element MethodsApplicationsGeometric Design Interface.

Cal l for papersA limited number of contributed papers andpapers for poster sessionswill be accepted for theconference. Persons wishing to read a contributedpaperor to have a paper in a poster session shouldsubmit abstracts of not more than two pages inlength by 31 October 1983, indicating the modeof presentation that they would prefer.

Detailsabstracts should write to:Persons wishing further details or submitting

The SecretaryThe Instituteof Computational MathematicsBrunel UniversityUxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PHU.K.