A time integration algorithm based on the state transition matrix for structures with time varying and nonlinear properties

Computers and Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 349-357

  Bartels, Robert E ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Computational algorithm; Linear; Nonlinear; State transition matrix; Structural dynamics; Time variant

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIALS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

STATE TRANSITION MATRIX (STM);

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0037369081     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(03)00018-X     Document Type: Article

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