An efficient backcalculation algorithm of time domain for large-scale pavement structures using Ritz vectors

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1131-1150

  Dong, Q X ^a   Hachiya, Y ^a   Takahashi, O ^a   Tsubokawa, Y ^a   Matsui, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D FE; Backcalculation; FWD; Ritz vector; Sensitivity analysis; Singular value decomposition

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

BACKCALCULATION ALGORITHMS;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 0036776312     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(02)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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