Title: Some Important Computer Programs for Structural Analysis
Abstract: Computer codes are the main tools of the modern engineering design process. The basic tools for structural dynamic analyses are the large finite element codes. Two major programs are used today in more than 80% of the market—the ANSYS and the NASTRAN. Both ANSYS and NASTRAN can perform static, modal, buckling, transient, harmonic, and spectral analyses, as well as optimization algorithms. Both have a probabilistic module that can be used for structural probabilistic analysis using Monte Carlo simulation or a response surface analysis directly from the finite elements database file. There are many structural probabilistic analysis codes. One of the first available programs is the CalREL. CalREL is a general-purpose structural reliability analysis program. It is designed to work on its own or to operate as a shell program in conjunction with other structural analysis programs. CalREL is capable of computing the reliability of structural components and systems. ProFES is designed to work with commercially available finite element software like the ANSYS and NASTRAN. The well-known MATLAB program is a high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis, and numerical computation. Using MATLAB, technical computing problems can be solved faster than with traditional programming languages, such as C, C++, and FORTRAN. MATLAB can be used in a wide range of applications, including signal and image processing, communications, control design, test and measurement, financial modeling and analysis, and computational biology.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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