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- Title
- Use of Load Dependent Vectors for Dynamic and Earthquake Analyses.
- File
- PB87124202.pdf
- Author(s)
- Leger, P.; Wilson, E. L.; Clough, R. W.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 1986, 267 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-86/04
- Abstract
- A new method of dynamic analysis for systems subjected to fixed spatial distribution of the dynamic load was recently introduced. The WYD Ritz reduction method is based on the direct superposition of a special class of Ritz vectors generated from the spatial distribution of the dynamic load. The purpose of the report is to investigate practical computer implementation aspects of the WYD Ritz reduction method, its convergence characteristics and its extension to more general forms of loadings and analyses.
- Keywords
- Ritz method; Dynamic loads; Algorithms; Computer applications; Spacial distribution; Convergence; Earthquakes