mode-superposition method, 128
sample spectrum analysis
command method, 152
sample static analysis
command method, 34
GUI method, 22
sandwich structures, 412
scaling the load vector, 98
.SECT file, 439
sections, 461
associating subtypes with IDs, 436, 461
creating, 436, 461
beam tool, 439
defining dimensions, 436, 461
geometry data of, 437, 463
introduction to, 435
libraries of, 450, 465
meshing a line for, 438
solid, 437
thin wall, 437
shape memory alloy, 213
shells, 461
preintegrated general sections, 465
shift point for eigenvalue calculation, 183
single solution to expand, 126
single-point response spectrum, 136
process, 137
single-point spectrum analysis
load step option for, 138
small deflection, 200
small strain analyses, 200
S-N curve, 425
solid sections, 437
solution
obtain the mode-superposition transient solution,
122
solution controls, 242
solution controls dialog box
full transient analysis, 113
defining analysis type and options, 113
static analysis, 11
solution listing format, 80
solution method
harmonic response, 80
solution methods, 78, 108
full, 108
transient dynamic analysis, 78
mode superposition, 79
mode-superposition , 109
solution termination, 13
solutions to be expanded, 126
solver
memory saving option, 244
solvers
equation, 12, 244
sparse direct solver, 80
spectral-value-versus-frequency curve, 138
spectrum analysis, 2
DDAM, 168
introduction to, 135
multi-point, 173
PSD
procedure, 159
sample input, 167
random vibration (PSD)
obtain the spectrum solution, 159
running multpile
single-point, 145
single-point
process, 137
single-point response
obtain the modal solution, 137
obtain the spectrum solution, 138
spectrum data, 159
spectrum solution
random vibration (PSD) analysis, 159
single-point response spectrum analysis, 138
spectrum type
single-point response, 138
stability analysis, 179
static solution
buckling analysis, 182
static structural analysis
introduction to, 9
loading, 16
procedure, 9
stepped loads, 86, 114, 122, 254
stiffness matrix
memory saving option, 244
strain
creep, 210
strain rate
creep, 210
strain rate effect, 12
stress calculations, 101
stress concentration factors, 425
stress relaxation, 210
stress stiffening, 200
stress stiffening effects, 13, 129, 247
structural analyses
buckling, 179
fatigue, 423
harmonic, 77
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