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Theory of matrix structural analysis

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The article was published on 1985-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1710 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Design structure matrix & Direct stiffness method.

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Frequency analysis of coupled shear wall assemblies

TL;DR: In this paper, the finite strip procedure is used to predict the free vibration response of both planar and non-planar coupled shear wall assemblies, where the solid walls are considered as vertical cantilever strips and a comparison is made between modelling the spandrel beams as discrete beams and as an equivalent continuum with orthotropic plate properties.
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Structural instability and natural vibration analysis of thin arbitrary shells by use of the Semiloof element

TL;DR: In this article, an eigenvalue solution scheme based on Sturm sequences is presented which does not require the usual elimination of a percentage of the total nodal variables by static condensation.
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Module-Based Static Structural Design of a Modular Reconfigurable Robot

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural design of modular reconfigurable robots (MRRs) is studied, and a nonlinear approach using a genetic algorithm is used to search for an optimal solution.

Experimental and numerical investigation of mode veering in a stressed structure

TL;DR: A detailed analytical and numerical investigation on mode veering is reported in this paper, where stress stiffening approximations are employed to obtain a tangent stiffness for a non-linear stat ic solution, which is then used in a linear dynamic analysis.
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A comparative study on static and dynamic responses of FRP composite and steel suspension bridges

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the feasibility of using fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in suspension bridge applications by comparing the response of two identical long-span suspension bridges, one constructed from FRP composite and the other made of steel under static and dynamic loadings using FEM.