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- Title
- 3D Solid Element (Type 4 - Elastic or Elastic-Perfectly-Plastic) for the ANSR-II Program.
- File
- PB81123242.pdf
- Author(s)
- Mondkar, D. P.; Powell, G. H.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1980, 43 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-80/22
- Abstract
- This report describes a three-dimensional nonlinear finite element developed for the ANSR-II program. The report contains a description of the element characteristics, the theoretical formulation, and a computer program user's guide.
- Keywords
- ANSR II computer program; User needs; Finite element analysis; Earthquake engineering; Computer programming; Stress analysis; Nonlinear systems; Dynamic structural analysis