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Lecture 1: Some Basic Concepts of Engineering Analysis

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Topics: Some basic concepts of engineering analysis

Introduction to the course, objective of lectures
Some basic concepts of engineering analysis, discrete and continuous systems, problem types: steady-state, propagation, and eigenvalue problems
Analysis of discrete systems: example analysis of a spring system
Basic solution requirements
Use and explanation of the modern direct stiffness method
Variational formulation

Instructor: Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

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