Insight into an implicit time integration scheme for structural dynamics

  • Authors:
  • Klaus-Jürgen Bathe;Gunwoo Noh

  • Affiliations:
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139, United States;Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139, United States

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Structures
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In Refs. [1,2], an effective implicit time integration scheme was proposed for the finite element solution of nonlinear problems in structural dynamics. Various important attributes were demonstrated. In particular, it was shown that the scheme remains stable, without the use of adjustable parameters, when the commonly used trapezoidal rule results in unstable solutions. In this paper we focus on additional important attributes of the scheme, and specifically on showing that the procedure can also be effective in linear analyses. We give, in comparison to other methods, the spectral radius, period elongation, and amplitude decay of the scheme and study the solution of a simple 'model problem' with a very flexible and stiff response.