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C8. Composite Sections (Beams/Slabs) 

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C8. Composite Sections (Beams/Slabs)  Composite sections are made up of the assembly, rigid or e...

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C6. Connections - links – assembly

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C6. Connections - links – assembly C.6.1 Releasing the bars/springs/degrees of freedom In all m...

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C3. FE and meshing

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C3. FE and meshing C.3.1 Types of finite elements First and foremost, the user of FE software m...

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C2. Modeling of the main elements

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C2. Modeling of the main elements C.2.1 Creating the geometry The first stage of modeling consi...

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C1. Input data and units

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C1. Input data and units The input data must be consistent, whether these values are defined in ...

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B. Calculation objectives and necessary tool characteristics

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B. Calculation objectives and necessary tool characteristics  Creating a finite element computat...

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A2. What is a finite element?

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A2. What is a finite element? The resolution of the efforts in the elements is carried out follo...

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A1. What does the software do in a finite element calculation? The example of beam structures

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A1. What does the software do in a finite element calculation? The example of beam structures Th...

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F8. Characteristic scales

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F8. Characteristic scales Firstly, to frame the discussion about soil dynamics problems, it is n...

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E2. Quantities in Dynamics

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E2. Quantities in Dynamics Time-dependent analyses Post-processing of time-dependent qu...

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E1. Generalities

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E1. Generalities The different post-treated quantities may change significantly according to the...

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D2. Different categories of structural elements 

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D2. Different categories of structural elements  Here are presented the peculiarities of these e...

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D1. Civil engineering materials

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D1. Civil engineering materials The objective of this chapter is to highlight the peculiarities ...

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C3. Implementation

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C3. Implementation The correct method consists of always proceeding step by step so that non-lin...

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C2. Why performing non-linear calculations

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C2. Why performing non-linear calculations As in many areas of physics, it is only reasonable to...

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C1. Mechanical non-linear problems

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C1. Mechanical non-linear problems Description of possible non-linearities The non-line...

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B3. Considering damping

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B3. Considering damping The damping of a structure’s vibration is related to dissipation phenome...

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B2. Analysis based on a direct temporal integration

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B2. Analysis based on a direct temporal integration  Schemes of integration Main Principles: T...

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B1. Analysis based on a modal search

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B1. Analysis based on a modal search A reminder of the concept of simple oscillator – Concept of...

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Chapter B. Structural Dynamics

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Chapter B. Dynamics For many applications such as seismic calculations, collisions, vibrations… ...

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