Transforming of an existing structural analysis program to the object-oriented framework

  • Authors:

  • M. V. Sivaselvan;E. Yuksel;K. Winkelmann;A. M. Reinhorn

  • Affiliations:

  • Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA;Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey;Department of Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, 135 Ketter Hall, Buffalo, NY, USA;Department of Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, 135 Ketter Hall, Buffalo, NY, USA

  • Venue:
  • Advances in Engineering Software
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The object-oriented philosophy abstracts out the essential immutable qualities of the components of the finite element method into classes of objects. It facilitates easy modification capability without creating a ripple effect on the whole program and reduces the necessity of knowledge of the source code to a minimum level. This paper presents a prototype implementation of the development of a flexible computational platform based on an object-oriented approach and its application in a FORTRAN environment, which facilitates use of previously developed components. IDARC3D which is capable of linear and nonlinear, static as well as dynamic analyses of multistory three-dimensional buildings with, or without, energy dissipation devices developed in FORTRAN with conventional programming practices has been transformed to the object-oriented framework. By using the new object-oriented platform, some representative examples were analysed and the results were compared with the well-known software facilities.