Title

Proceedings of the Conference on Matrix Methods in Structural Mechanics (2nd) Held At Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, On 15-17 October 1968

Index Abstract

Not Available

Photo Quality

Complete

Report Number

AFFDL TR 68-150

Corporate Author

Air Force Flight Dynamics Lab Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio

Extent

1462

Identifier

AD0703685

Distribution Classification

1

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Abstract

The purpose of the conference was to discuss the recent developments in matrix structural analysis and design of structural systems. Forty papers were presented in seven sessions entitled: Structural weight Optimization; Dynamics; General Elements; Curved Elements; Applications; General Methods; and Nonlinear Analysis.

Date

1969

Date Issued

1969-12

Provenance

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control

Type

report

Has Part

Table of Contents

Addresses

Matrix Methods of Aerospace Structural Analysis

Application of the Created Response Surface Technique to Structural Optimization

Optimization of Structures Based on the Study of Energy Distribution

Fully-Stressed Design of Airplane Redundant Structures

Dynamic Analysis of Shells Using Double-Curved Finite Elements

Static and Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of Sandwich Structures

Vibration Analysis of Cantilevered Curved Plates Using a New Cylindrical Shell Finite Element

A Minimization Method for the Solution of the Eigenproblem Arising in Structural Dynamics

A Practical Computational Method for Reducing a Dynamical System with Constraints to an Equivalent System with Independent Coordinates

Some New Elements for the Matrix Displacement Method

A Refined Quadrilateral Element for Analysis of Plate Bending

Rationalization in Deriving Element Stiffness Matrix by Assumed Stress Approach

A Finite Element Application of the Hellinger-Reissner Variational Theorem

Finite Elements in Linear Viscoelasticity

Finite Element Analysis of Fluid Flows

Curved Thick Shell and Membrane Elements with Particular Reference to Axisymmetric Problems

Finite Element Analysis of Sandwich Plates and Cylindrical Shells with Laminated Faces

Curved Triangular Elements for the Analysis of Shells

A Doubly Curved Triangular Shell Element

The Analysis of Thin Shells with Transverse Shear Strains by the Finite Element Method

Elastic Instability Predictions for Doubly-Curved Shells

Analysis of the 747 Aircraft Wing-Body Intersection

Structural Analysis Practices for Large Scale Systems

Applications Experience with the Format Computer Program

Some Applications of Finite Analysis to Shell Buckling Prediction

Structural Survivability Analysis

The Role of Computer Graphics in the Structural Design Process

A Method for the Complicated Buckling Problems of Elastic Plates with Combined Use of Rayleigh-Ritz's Procedure in the Finite Element Method

Accuracy and Convergence of Finite Element Approximations

Numerical Conditioning of Stiffness Matrix Formulations for Frame Structures

Completeness and Convergence in the Finite Element Method

Analysis of General Coupled Thermoelasticity Problems by the Finite Element Method

The Heat Conduction and Thermal Stress Analysis by the Finite Element Method

Hydroelastic of Axisymmetric Systems by a Finite Element Method

An Approximate Analysis of Thin Plates

Linear and Nonlinear Analysis of Shells of Revolution with Asymmetrical Stiffness Properties

Analysis of Tension Structures

Analysis of the Elastic-Plastic Problems by the Matrix Displacement Method

A Finite Element Method for the Plastic Bending Analysis of Structures

Progress Report on Discrete-Element Elastic and Elastic-Plastic Analyses of Shells of Revolution Subjected to Axisymmetric and Asymmetric Loading