On the sign of the determinant of the structural stiffness matrix for determination of loading increment in arc-length algorithms

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-49

  Feng, Y T ^a   Owen, D R J ^a   Peric, D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arc length algorithm; Nonlinear structural analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARC LENGTH ALGORITHM; BIFURCATION POINT; LOADING PARAMETER; NONLINEAR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SIGN OF THE DETERMINANT;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EID: 0030825223     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199701)13:1<47::AID-CNM49>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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