Title: Keynote Paper: Remarks on the development of finite element methods and software

Authors: Klaus- Jurgen Bathe

Addresses: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Abstract: A brief personal, historical account of some developments of finite element methods and software is given, and then some recent advances are surveyed. The paper focuses on the research and developments of the author and his colleagues/students, and the developments of the programs SAP IV, NONSAP and ADINA.

Keywords: ADINA; finite element method; FEM; finite element software; finite element development; NONSAP; SAP IV; finite element analysis; FEA.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.1994.062517

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 1994 Vol.7 No.3/4/5/6, pp.101 - 107

Published online: 09 Jun 2014 *

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