Development of a standard element library for MICROFEAP on microcomputer (APPLE II) | |
| Author | Somporn Attasaeranewong |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ST-84-02 |
| Subject(s) | Structures, Theory of--Computer programs Finite element method--Computer programs |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | A standard element library of MICROFEAP is developed on an 8-bi t Apple II microcomputer for the finite element analysis of linear elastic problems. The elements are 2D/3D truss and beam elements, grid eiement, plane stress/plane strain element, plate element, membra ne element and shell element. The LDain obJective is to investigate the feasibility of solving practical large-scale structurai problems on a microcomputer. Certain aspects of the programming technique are discussed concerning the relati v·ely low processing speed of the microcomputer: and the slow data transfer between incore memory and disk storage. Finally, guidelines for the improvement of MICROFEAP are presented and implemented. As a result, the improved version of MICROFEAP take s only 83.7 minutes to solve a plane frame problem with 525 degrees-of-freedom, which is about 2.5 times faster than the original version. |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Structural Engineering (STE) /Former Name = Structural Engineering and Construction (ST) |
| Chairperson(s) | Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai |
| Examination Committee(s) | Loo, Yew-Chaye ; Wireland, Martin |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 198 |