Lecture 5: Implementation of Methods in Computer Programs

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