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Solution of Finite Element Problems by Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient and Lanczos Methods

Taylor, Robert L.; Nour-Omid, Bahram

UCB/SESM-1984/05, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1984-05, 32 pages

This report focuses on the solution of nonlinear, transient finite element problems using step-by-step integration of the equations of motion combined with a Newtonian solution of the resulting nonlinear algebraic equations.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-84-05.pdf (437 KB)