A Users' Manual for Extensions to the NOVA-2 and NOVA-2S Computer Codes.

Abstract

The NOVA-2 and NOVA-2S computer codes have been extended to provide the option for specifying arbitrary dynamic pressure loads on beam and panel structural elements. An option has been included to allow the user to input digitized pressure data (obtained from experimental tests) from magnetic tape. Another modification provides the option of pinned boundary conditions in rib buckling analyses.A free boundary condition and discrete linear elastic spring option have been included in the stiffened panel version, NOVA-2S. A technique for using radial imperfections to approximate the curvature of a noncylindrical panel is discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA088899

Entities

People

  • Gerald M. Campbell

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Curvature
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Dynamic Response
  • Geometry
  • Governments
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Measurement
  • Object Code
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shape

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.