Sparse self-stress matrices for the finite element force method

DOI10.1002/nme.119zbMath1011.74063OpenAlexW2099637881MaRDI QIDQ2712710

A. Topcu, E. Birey Soyer

Publication date: 21 May 2003

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.119

zbMATH Keywords

factorizationself-stress matrixflexibility matrixequilibrium matrixfinite element algebraic force methodgroups of redundant forcesredundant force vector

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Thin bodies, structures (74K99)

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Uses Software

• Mathematica

Cites Work

• An algorithm to compute a sparse basis of the null space
• Generation of the compatibility matrix in the integrated force method
• A combinatorial optimization problem: optimal generalized cycle bases
• Improved cycle bases for the flexibility analysis of structures
• Bandwidth reduction of rectangular matrices
• On computational procedures for the force method
• The integrated force method versus the standard force method
• Computing a Sparse Basis for the Null Space
• Optimizing the conditioning of structural flexibility matrices
• On automatic selection of redundancies

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