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Computer Program for Cellular Structures of Arbitrary Plan Geometry

Willam, Kaspar J.; Scordelis, Alex C.

UCB/SESM-1970/10, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-06, 120 pages

A computer program based on the finite element and direct stiffness methods is presented for the analysis of cellular structures of constant depth with arbitrary geometry in plan view typical of some box girder bridges.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-70-10.pdf (5 MB)