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A Computer Program for the Dynamic Stress Analysis of Underground Structures

Wilson, Edward L.

UCB/SESM-1968/01, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-01, 64 pages (555.6/W54/1968)

Original computer program suitable for the earthquake or blast analysis of underground structures is presented. The finite element method coupled with a stable step-by-step integration procedure is used to evaluate the dynamic response of linearly elastic two-dimensional stress structures.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-68-01.pdf (3 MB)