Proceedings of the NASTRAN (Tradename) Users' Colloquium (8th) Held in Greenbelt, Maryland on 30-31 October 1979

Abstract

NASTRAN (NASA STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS) is a large, comprehensive, nonproprietary, general purpose finite element computer code for structural analysis which was developed under NASA sponsorship and became available to the public in late 1970. It can be obtained through COSMIC (Computer Software Management and Information Center), Athens, Georgia, and is widely used by NASA, other government agencies, and industry. The Eighth Colloquium provides some comprehensive general papers on the application of finite element methods in engineering, comparisons with other approaches, unique applications, pre- and post-processing or auxilliary programs, and new methods of analysis with NASTRAN. Partial Contents: Development of the Learjet 28/29 Wing Using NASTRAN Analysis; Tensioning of a Belt Around a Drum Using Membrane Elements; Thermal Stress Analysis of Symmetric Shells Subjected to Asymmetric Thermal Loads; Stress Concentrations in Screw Threads; Implementations of a Trapezoidal Ring Element in Nastran for Elastic-Plastic Analysis; Normal Mode Analysis of the IUS/TDRS Payload in a Payload Canister/Transporter Environment; Applications of NASTRAN in Gust Response Analysis at NORTHROP; Implementation of NASTRAN on the IBM/370 CMS Operating System.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA226936

Entities

People

  • Anthony J. Kalinowski
  • Chia‐Hung Chen
  • G. P. O'hara
  • Gordon R. Negaard
  • Karl A. Meyer
  • P. C. Chen
  • P. R. Pamidi
  • Robert R. Boroughs
  • Thomas G. Butler

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Application Software
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Elastic Properties
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Geometry
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Transient Response Analysis
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Computer Science.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.