2010
03.14

Direct stiffness method

I have to teach the Direct stiffness method in a couple of weeks. Could someone point me to a nice basic introduction textbook or paper that I can use for my class?

The hardest part of teaching is breaking down information into easy step by step pieces…..and I am struggling a little bit with how to approach this subject. (It is not easy to teach to a large class something as troublesome as this type of analysis…)

I would also like to develop a spreadsheet or mathcad sheet to help out with problems. If you have something like that I would appreciate some help!.

Thanks!

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  1. FWIW Mathematica has built in stiffness switching. Check this out for an example:

    http://www.wolfram.com/broadcast/screencasts/numericalandsymbolicsolutions/