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An Algorithm for Assembly of Stiffness Matrices Into a Compacted Data Structure

Nour-Omid, Bahram; Taylor, Robert L.

UCB/SESM-1984/06, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1984-05, 16 pages

A data structure is described that stores only the non-zero terms of the assembled stiffness matrix. This storage scheme results in considerable reduction in memory demand during the assembly phase of a finite element program.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-84-06.pdf (232 KB)