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Title
3D Truss Bar Element (Type 1) for the ANSR-II Program.
File
PB80169709.pdf
Author(s)
Mondkar, D. P.; Powell, G. H.
Source
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1979, 18 p.
Identifying Number(s)
UCB/EERC-79/29
Abstract
This report describes a three dimensional, inelastic, large displacement truss element developed for the ANSR-II program. The report contains a description of the element characteristics and a computer program user's guide.
Keywords
User needs; ANSR 2 computer program; Earthquake engineering; Computer programming; Nonlinear systems; Elastic properties; Trusses; Static structural analysis; Dynamic structural analysis