OpenSees: A framework for earthquake engineering simulation

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 58-66

  McKenna, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

distributed computing; Finite element method; parallel computing; scientific computing; structural engineering

Indexed keywords

DESIGN STRUCTURE; DEVASTATING EFFECTS; DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FINITE-ELEMENT; SOFTWARE FRAMEWORKS; STRUCTURAL ENGINEER;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 79959810034     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2011.66     Document Type: Article

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