A historical outline of matrix structural analysis: A play in three acts

Computers and Structures

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1313-1324

  Felippa, C A ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct stiffness method; Displacement method; Duality; Finite elements; Force method; History; Matrix structural analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

DIRECT STIFFNESS METHOD; MATRIX STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035363565     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(01)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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