Computational analysis methods

Below is a brief summary of computational analysis methods that covered in this section.

Static analyses
Static analyses can be classified as (Ziemian 2007):


 * 1st order elastic analysis: [K_e]\{\Delta} = \{F\}
 * 2nd order elastic analysis: [K_e + K_g]\{d\Delta} = \{dF\} (P-Delta effects are considered)
 * 3rd order elastic analysis: [K_e + K_g]\{d\Delta} = \{dF\} (large displacements are considered)
 * 1st order inelastic analysis: [K_e + K_p]\{d\Delta} = \{dF\}
 * 2nd order inelastic analysis: [K_e + K_g + K_p]\{d\Delta} = \{dF\} (P-Delta effects are considered)
 * 3rd order inelastic analysis: [K_e + K_g + K_p]\{d\Delta} = \{dF\} (large displacements are considered)

Organizations

 * NAFEMS - National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards
 * International Association for Computational Mechanics
 * United States Association for Computational Mechanics