Nonlinear Structural Analysis

Catalog description

Application of the principle of virtual displacements in the formulation of element stiffness equations that include geometric and material nonlinearity. Determination of critical (buckling) loads of structural systems using eigenvalue analysis. Formulation and application of algorithms for nonlinear structural analysis. Application of commercial software in geometrically nonlinear analysis, materially nonlinear analysis, and critical load (buckling) analysis.