Normalized quasi-static mass - A new definition for multi-support motion problems

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-142

  Chen, J T ^a   Chyuan, S W ^b   You, D W ^a   Wong, F C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Base shear; Modal reaction method; Mode superposition and normalized quasi static mass; MSC NASTRAN; Support motions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

DATA RECOVERY; MOTION SUPPORT PROBLEMS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MSC/NASTRAN;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031161967     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(96)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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