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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Comparison of energy minimization with direct stiffness for linear structural analysis

Griffith, David Thomas January 1979 (has links)
This study compares energy minimization with direct stiffness for linear structural analysis. The energy minimization approach locates the generalized displacement vector by minimizing the total potential energy of the structure being analyzed. From the survey of variable metric and conjugate gradient algorithms included in this study, the Davidon-Fletcher-Powell variable metric algorithm and the FletcherReeves conjugate gradient algorithm were chosen to minimize the total potential energy. A description of both algorithms is presented. The direct stiffness method assembles the equilibrium equations of the structure being analyzed. These equations are solved by Gaussian elimination to determine the generalized displacement vector. Computer codes have been written for the energy minimization and direct stiffness methods. The comparison was based on computational effort, in terms of computer time, required for analysis. The results of this study show energy minimization is not competitive with direct stiffness for linear structural analysis. As the problem size increases by degree of freedom the direct stiffness method rapidly increases in superiority over the energy minimization method. / Master of Science

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