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Code generation and optimization for finite element analysis

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EUROSAM 84 (EUROSAM 1984)

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The design and implementation of a software system for automatically generating code for finite element analysis are described. Exact symbolic computational techniques are employed to derive strain-displacement matrices and element stiffness matrices. Methods for dealing with the excessive growth of symbolic expressions in practical computations are discussed. Automatic FORTRAN code generation and optimization are described with emphasis on improving the efficiency of the resultant code. The generated code can be used, without modification, with a FORTRAN-based finite element analysis package.

Work reported herein has been supported in part by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant NAG 3-298 and in part by the US Department of Energy under Grant DE-AC02-ER7602075.

Work reported herein has been supported in part by US National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant NAG 3-307.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Akron, 44325, Akron, Ohio, USA

    T. Y. P. Chang

  2. Department of Computer Science, Twente University of Technology, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    J. A. van Hulzen

  3. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University, 44242, Kent, Ohio, USA

    Paul S. Wang

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Chang, T.Y.P., van Hulzen, J.A., Wang, P.S. (1984). Code generation and optimization for finite element analysis. In: Fitch, J. (eds) EUROSAM 84. EUROSAM 1984. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 174. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0032846

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