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Dynamic Response Analysis of Two-Dimensional Structures With Initial Stresses and Non-Homogeneous Damping

Wilson, Edward L.; Farhoomand, Iraj; Rukos, Eduardo A.

UCB/SESM-1969/21, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1969-08, 83 pages (500/C23/69/21)

An extension of early finite element analysis coupled with a step-by-step integration procedure for elastic dynamic analysis of two-dimensional structures including the effects of initial stresses and non-homogeneous damping.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-69-21.pdf (4 MB)