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Transient Analysis Methods in Computational Dynamics

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Transient response analysis of structural and mechanical systems is now routinely carried out via a direct time integration procedure. Typically, the size of discrete equations that must be solved can range from 10 to 105, depending upon modeling accuracy desired and computational resources available. As a result of increasing demand for performing the transient response analysis of structural and mechanical systems in recent years, most of the existing structural analysis computer programs have a direct time integration capability. This increased demand on computational dynamics has been due to its programming simplicity, its capability for handling nonlinearities, and its adaptability to automatic error control at each time integration step, thus obviating the difficult task of including sufficient modes in modal-based dynamics analysis.

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Park, K.C. (1988). Transient Analysis Methods in Computational Dynamics. In: Dwoyer, D.L., Hussaini, M.Y., Voigt, R.G. (eds) Finite Elements. ICASE/NASA LaRC Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3786-0_11

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