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SOLIDSAP: Static Analysis Program for Three-Dimensional Solid Structures

Wilson, Edward L.

Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1971,

SOLID SAP is designed to perform static, linear, elastic analyses of three-dimensional structural systems. The program has flexibility of applications to structures which contain combinations of structural element types. The capacity of the program depends mainly on the number of joints in the system. There is practically no restriction on the number of elements, number of load cases, or the bandwidth of the equations to be solved. Despite large system capacity, no efficiency loss is encountered in solving smaller problems. The report contains a discussion of the use of incompatible displacement nodes with solid elements and the use of the static condensation algorithm. The following element types are included in SOLID SAP: three-dimensional truss, three-dimensional beam, plane stress and plane strain, two-dimensional axisymmetric solid, three-dimensional solid, plate and shell, boundary, and thick shell.

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SOLIDSAP Software and Manuals