Institute of Technology
  Technical Support
      Knowledge Base
      Product Updates
      Product Feedback
      User Forums
      My Requests
  Download Center
  Order Manuals








MSC.Nastran Bibliography

Comparisons with Other Software

Armand, Sasan C. MSC/NASTRAN Versus SINDA, a Nonlinear Thermal Transient Study, The 1989 MSC World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 38, March, 1989. 

Bohmler, G. FEMGEN-A General Finite Element Mesh Generator, NASTRAN User's Conf., April, 1978. 

Dunder, Vera F.; Belonogoff, G. Comparing Finite Element Programs in Engineering, Proc. of the Conf. on Finite Element Methods and Technology, March, 1980. 

Fong, Henry H. Evaluation of Eight U.S. General Purpose Finite-Element Computer Programs, AIAA/ASME/ ASCE/AHS 23rd Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conf., Part 1, pp. 145-160, May, 1982. 

Honeycutt, George H.; On, Frank J.; Hanlein, Stuart L. Comparison of NASTRAN and STARDYNE Static Analysis of a Graphite Fiber Reinforced Plastic Truss Structure, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 303-314, September, 1972, (NASA TM X-2637). 

Hu, Tsay-Hsin G.; Huang, Moses. A Comparison of MSC/NASTRAN with SDRC/I-DEAS Model Solution, The MSC 1990 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 12, March, 1990. 

Loendorf, David D. A Comparision of the Capabilities of Three Finite Element Programs, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 277-288, September, 1972, (NASA TM X-2637). 

Mackerle, Jaroslav. Review of Pre- and Postprocessor Programs Included in the Major Commercial General Purpose Finite Element Packages, Advances in Engineering Software, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 43-53, January, 1983. 

Robinson, John; Blackham, Simon. An Evaluation of Lower Order Membranes as Contained in the MSC/NASTRAN, ASAS, and PAFEC FEM Systems, Proc. of the Conf. on Finite Element Methods and Technology, March, 1980. 

Walker, James W. Evaluation of MSC/NASTRAN Generalized Dynamic Reduction and Response Spectrum Analysis by Comparison with STARDYNE, MSC/NASTRAN Users' Conf., March, 1978. 

Wasylczak, M. J. Comparison of Plasticity with Kinematic Hardening in ANSYS, MARC and MSC/NASTRAN, Computers in Engineering, Proc. of the Int. Computers in Engineering Conf. and Exhibit, Vol. 1, pp. 553-556, August, 1984.