This contribution presents an overview of current research being developed at the laboratory for computational mechanics (LABMEC) at the Faculdade de Engenharia Civil - UNICAMP - Brasil. A tridimensional hp-adaptive environment permits the user to create hp-adaptive interpolation spaces for use in fi nite element simulations. The hp-adaptive elements can be re ned in a preestablished pattern, or the user can instruct the program of which pattern to use. In another line of research on adaptive methods, the capability of superposing small scale meshes on top of large scale meshes should allow to model multiscale problems. Finally, the main results on the development of fully automated procedures to adapt n-dimensional (n-3) meshes are presented.
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