Lecture 5: Implementation of Methods in Computer Programs

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Topics: Implementation of methods in computer programs; examples SAP, ADINA Implementation of the finite element method The computer programs SAP and ADINA Details of allocation of nodal point degrees of freedom, calculation of matrices, the assemblage process Example analysis of a cantilever plate Out-of-core solution Effective nodal-point numbering Flow chart of total solution process Introduction to different effective finite elements used in one-, two-, three-dimensional, beam, plate, and shell analyses Instructor: Klaus-Jürgen Bathe