MSC.Nastran Bibliography

Elements/Element Theory

Aberson, J. A.; Anderson, J. M. Cracked Finite Elements Proposed for NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 531-550, September, 1973, (NASA TM X-2893). 

Adelman, Howard M.; Walz, Joseph E.; Rogers, James L. Jr. An Isoparametric Quadrilateral Membrane Element for NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 315-336, September, 1972, (NASA TM X-2637). 

Ansourian, Peter; Sengupta, Malay. Finite Element Analysis of Plate and Shell Problems, The Sixth Australasian MSC Users Conf. Proc., November, 1992. Paper No. 5. 

Arakawa, H. Consideration of Application for Shell Element of MSC/NASTRAN, The Fourth MSC/NASTRAN User's Conf. in Japan, October, 1986, in Japanese. 

Arden, Kevin E. Evaluation of MSC's Parabolic Tetrahedron Finite Element, MSC 1994 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 29, June, 1994. 

Bellinger, E. D. The New Bend Curved Beam on Pipe Element, MSC/NASTRAN Users' Conf., March, 1978. 

Bianchini, Emanuele; Marulo, Francesco; Sorrentino, Assunta. MSC/NASTRAN Solution of Structural Dynamic Problems Using Anelastic Displacement Fields, Proceedings of the 36th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and AIAA/ASME Adpative Structures Forum, Part 5 (of 5), New Orleans, 1995. 

Bonaccini, F.; Natali, A.; Vitaliani, R. On a Formulation of a Three Dimensional Gap Element, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., May, 1987. 

Case, W. R.; Mason, J. B. NASTRAN Finite Element Idealization Study, Sixth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 383-404, October, 1977, (NASA CP-2018). 

Chen, C. H. S. Pressure Deformation of Tires Using Differential Stiffness for Triangular Solid-of-Revolution Elements, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 171-180, September, 1975, (NASA TM X-3278). 

Chen, C. H. S. Tensioning of a Belt Around a Drum Using Membrane Elements, Eighth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 33-40, October, 1979, (NASA CP-2131). 

Chen, C. H. S. On Shell Elemental Force/Moment in Non-linear Analysis, The MSC 1990 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 7, March, 1990. 

Chen, P. C. T.; O'Hara, G. P. Implementations of a Trapezoidal Ring Element in NASTRAN for Elastic-Plastic Analysis, Eighth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 101-112, October, 1979, (NASA CP-2131). 

Chen, P. C. T. Elastic-Plastic Analysis Using A Triangular Ring Element in NASTRAN, Ninth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 190-200, October, 1980, (NASA CP-2151). 

Chen, W. T.; Wadhwa, S. K. A Simple Element for Multilayer Beams in NASTRAN Thermal Stress Analysis, Seventh NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 217-224, October, 1978, (NASA CP-2062). 

Cifuentes, Arturo O. Finite Elements and Structural Mechanics in Electronic Packaging: Present and Future, The MSC 1990 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 56, March, 1990. 

Cifuentes, A. O.; Kalbag, A. A Performance Study of Tetrahedral and Hexahedral Elements in 3-D Finite Element Structural Analysis, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 12, pp. 313-318, 1992. 

Cifuentes, A. O.; Kalbag, A. A Comparison of Tetrahedral and Hexahedral Elements in Finite Element Structural Analysis, Proc. of the Third Panamerican Cong. of Applied Mechanics, pp. 259-262, January, 1993. 

Dewhirst, D. L.; Grinsell, P. M. The Effect of Warping and Aspect Ratio on the Solid Continuum Elements, Finite Element News, pp. 16-22, February, 1990. 

Dewhirst, D. L.; Grinsell, P. M. The CTETRA (10) Element, The MSC 1990 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 11, March, 1990. 

Dewsnap, John R.; Gans, Howard D. Comparison of Structural Optimization of Doubly Curved Shells Using MSC/NASTRAN and ASTROS, The MSC 1991 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 21, March, 1991. 

Elsaie, A.; Tabarrok, B.; Fenton, R. G. Thermoelastic Buckling of Thin Plates Using a High Precision Finite Element, Proc. of the Conf. on Finite Element Methods and Technology, March, 1980. 

Everstine, Gordon C. Finite Element Solution of Torsion and Other 2-D Poisson Equations, Tenth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp.153-163, May, 1982, (NASA CP-2249). 

Frick, Raymond N. Determining Tube Stress From CBEND Element Forces and Moments, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 64, May, 1993. 

Frye, John W.; Kasper, Rolf G. Analysis of Magnetic Fields Using Variational Principles and CELAS2 Elements, Sixth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 175-192, October, 1977, (NASA CP-2018). 

Genberg, Victor. Shape Function Interpolation of 2D and 3D Finite Element Results, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 47, May, 1993. 

Gillcrist, M. C.; Parnell, L. A. Stress Concentration Investigations Using NASTRAN, Fourteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 154-172, May, 1986, (NASA CP-2419). 

Greenberg, Mitchell L. Use of MSC/NASTRAN General Elements in Complex Static Problems, MSC 1995 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 24, May, 1995. 

Gupta, Ajaya K.; Ma, Paul S. Short Communications-Error in Eccentric Beam Formulation, Int. J. for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 11, 1977. 

Haggenmacher, Gernot W. Curved Shell Analysis-Some Problems and Solutions, The MSC 1990 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 57, March, 1990. 

Haggenmacher, Gernot W. The Shape of Things II, Finite Element News, pp. 30-32, October, 1992. 

Haggenmacher, Gernot W. The Shape of Things III, Finite Element News, pp. 38-41, April, 1993. 

Harder, R. L. Static Analysis with Modified Elements, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Users' Conf., March, 1979. 

Harder, R. L.; MacNeal, R. H. A New Membrane Element for the QUAD4, MSC/NASTRAN Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 15, March, 1985. 

Hoff, C. C.; Harder, R. L.; Campbell, G.; MacNeal, R. H.; Wilson, C. T. Analysis of Shell Structures Using MSC/NASTRAN's Shell Elements with Surface Normals, MSC 1995 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 26, May, 1995. 

Hoff, Claus C. Improvements in Linear Buckling and Geometric Nonlinear Analysis for MSC/NASTRAN's Shell Elements, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 49, May, 1993. 

Hofstra, G.; Van Rij, H. M. Exterior Finite Elements for Two Dimensional Field Problems with Open Boundaries Solved with MSC/NASTRAN, NASTRAN User's Conf., April, 1978. 

Honma, Toshiaki. Study on Mean Grid Point Stress Calculation Method on Shell Element of MSC/NASTRAN, The Fourth MSC/NASTRAN User's Conf. in Japan, October, 1986, in Japanese. 

Hopkins, P. Investigations into the Performance of QUAD8 and BEND Elements, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., Papger No. 16, May, 1987. 

Housner, Jerrold M.; Aminpour, Mohammad A.; Dávila, Carlos G.; Schiermeier, John E.; Stroud, W. Jefferson; Ransom, Jonathan B.; Gillian, Ronnie E. An Interface Element for Global/Local and Substructuring Analysis, MSC 1995 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 25, May, 1995. 

Hurwitz, Myles M.; Golden, Michael E. New Element Definition Capability for NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 633-636, September, 1971, (NASA TM X-2378). 

Hurwitz, Myles M. Generalizing the TRAPRG and TRAPAX Finite Elements, Eleventh NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 76-81, May, 1983. 

Hussain, M. A.; Lorensen, W. E.; Pflegl, G. The Quarter-Point Quadratic Isoparametric Element as a Singular Element for Crack Problems, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 419-438, October, 1976, (NASA TM X-3428). 

Hussain, M. A.; Pu, S. L.; Lorensen, W. E. Singular Plastic Element: NASTRAN Implementation and Application, Sixth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 257-274, October, 1977, (NASA CP-2018). 

Johnson, Stephen E.; Field, Eric I. Three Isoparametric Solid Elements for NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 423-439, September, 1973, (NASA TM X-2893). 

Jones, Gary K. The Response of Shells to Distributed Random Loads Using NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 393-406, September, 1971, (NASA TM X-2378). 

Kuroda, Ryoichi. Study on Use of Solid Elements in MSC/NASTRAN, The Third MSC/NASTRAN User's Conf. in Japan, October, 1985, in Japanese. 

Larkin, L. A. User Developed Elastic-Plastic Shell and Bar Elements in MSC/NASTRAN, Proc. of the Conf. on Finite Element Methods and Technology, March, 1980. 

Larkin, L. A. User Developed Quadrilateral Shell Element for RF6 in MSC/NASTRAN, Proc. of the Conf. on Finite Element Methods and Technology, Paper No. 9, March, 1981. 

Leung, K. L.; Zavareh, P. B.; Beskos, D. E. 2-D Elastostatic Analysis by a Symmetric BEM/FEM Scheme, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements v15 n1 1995. 

Liao, C.; Allison, R. E. A Four-Node Bilinear Isoparametric Element in Rockwell NASTRAN, Thirteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 47-66, May, 1985, (NASA CP-2373). 

MacNeal, B. E.; Larkin, L. A.; Brauer, J. R.; Cifuentes, A. O. Elimination of Finite Element Spurious Modes Using a Modal Transformation Technique, IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 1765-1767, September, 1990. 

MacNeal, R. H. A Comparison of Higher Order vs. Lower Order Elements, Economics and Accuracy, Computational Aspects of the Finite Element Method, 1977. 

MacNeal, R. H. Higher Order vs. Lower Order Elements- Economics and Accuracy, Proc. of the 2nd World Conf. on Finite Element Methods, pp. 201-215, 1978. 

MacNeal, R. H. A Simple Quadrilateral Shell Element, Computers and Structures, Vol. 8, pp. 175-183, 1978. 

MacNeal, R. H. Derivation of Element Stiffness Matrices by Assumed Strain Distributions, Computational Aspects of the Finite Element Method, 1981. 

MacNeal, R. H. Finite Element Reliability and Standards, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 14, April, 1985. 

MacNeal, R. H.; Harder, R. L. A Proposed Standard Set of Problems to Test Finite Element Accuracy, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 3-20, April, 1985. 

MacNeal, R. H. A Theorem Regarding the Locking of Tapered Four-Noded Membrane Elements, Int. J. for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 24, pp. 1793-1799, 1987. 

MacNeal, R. H.; Harder, R. L. A Refined Four-Noded Membrane Element with Rotational Degrees of Freedom, Computers and Structures, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 75-84, 1988. 

MacNeal, Richard H. Recent Element Developments, The 1989 MSC World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 6, March, 1989. 

MacNeal, R. H. Toward a Defect-Free Four-Noded Membrane Element, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 31-37, April, 1989. 

MacNeal, R. H. A Single Element Test for Membrane Locking of Curved Shell Elements, Proceedings of the Second Int. Conf. on Quality Assurance and Standards in Finite Element Analysis (NAFEMS), May, 1989. 

MacNeal, Richard H. Evolution of Lower Order Plate and Shell Elements in MSC/NASTRAN, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 197-222, October, 1989. 

MacNeal, R. H. The Shape Sensitivity of Isoparametric Elements, Finite Element Methods in the Design Process, Proc. of the Sixth World Cong. on Finite Element Methods, October, 1990. 

MacNeal, Dr. R. H.; Izadpanah, Dr. K.; Harder, R. L.; Wilson, C. T. Higher Order Elements in MSC/NASTRAN, Proc. of the 18th MSC Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 4, June, 1991. 

Marcus, Melvyn S.; Everstine, Gordon C.; Hurwitz, Myles M. Experiences with the QUAD4 Element for Shell Vibrations, Sixteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 39-43, April, 1988, (NASA CP-2505). 

Markham, J. W.; Smith, C. V. Orthotropic Hole Element, Eleventh NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 46-75, May, 1983. 

Martin, P. F. Generating Stiffness Matrices, General Element Input and Rotated Matrices Using MSC/NASTRAN, The 1989 MSC World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 35, March, 1989. 

Martin, Paul F. Comparison of Honeycomb Plate Models Using MSC/NASTRAN, The MSC 1990 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 55, March, 1990. 

McCollum, David S. Using the CQUAD4 Element to Model the Interface Between Solid and Shell Finite Elements, The MSC 1991 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 58, March, 1991. 

McVee, J. D.; Christie, R. M. J. MSC/NASTRAN QUAD4 Linear Buckling Solutions for Rectangular Plates Under Either Combined In-Plane Bending and Compression or In-Plane Shear (U), Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment, September, 1983, (AMTE(S) T M 83112). 

McVee, J. D.; Nisbet, S. Application of Haggenmacher and Lahey's Skew Membrane Tests to the MSC/NASTRAN QUADR and TRIAR Elements and the MSC/PROBE Planar Quadrilateral and Triangular Element, Proc. of the 19th MSC European Users' Conf., Paper No. 28, September, 1992. 

Mei, Chuh; Rogers, James L. Jr. Application of the TRPLT1 Element to Large Amplitude Free Vibrations of Plates, Sixth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 275-298, October, 1977, (NASA CP-2018). 

Michiue, Shinsuke. On the Accuracy in Vibration Analysis for Cylindrical Shell-Comparison Between QUAD4/QUAD8, The First MSC/NASTRAN User's Conf. in Japan, October, 1983, in Japanese. 

Narayanaswami, R. New Plate and Shell Elements for NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 455-484, September, 1973, (NASA TM X-2893). 

Narayanaswami, R.; Mei, Chuh. Addition of Higher Order Plate Elements to NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 439-478, October, 1976, (NASA TM X-3428). 

Newman, M. B.; Filstrup, A. W. Placing Three-Dimensional Isoparametric Elements into NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 439-454, September, 1973, (NASA TM X-2893). 

Ojalvo, I. U.; Pilon, D. Assumptions and Accuracies Associated with the MSC/NASTRAN ROD, BAR, and QUAD4 Elements, The MSC 1987 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 9, March, 1987. 

Pamadi, R. R.; Cronkhite, J. D. Addition of Rigid Elements to NASTRAN, Sixth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 449-468, October, 1977, (NASA CP-2018). 

Papoulia, Katerina-D. Fully Nonlinear Hyperelastic Analysis of Nearly Incompressible Solids: Elements and Material Models in MSC/NASTRAN, MSC 1995 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 29, May, 1995. 

Parekh, Jatin C.; Arnold, Rocky R.; Woytowitz, Peter J. A Modern Family of Crack Tip Elements for MSC/NASTRAN, MSC/NASTRAN Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 2, March, 1986. 

Patel, Hemant; Nagendra, Gopal. Analysis of 3-Dimensional Laminated Composite Solids in MSC/NASTRAN, The 1989 MSC World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 50, March, 1989. 

Pitrof, S. M.; Venkayya, V. B. Benchmarking the QUAD4/TRIA3 Element, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., September, 1993. 

Potvin, A. B.; Leick, R. D. NASTRAN Implementation of an Isoparametric Doubly-Curved Quadrilateral Shell Element, Seventh NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 147-192, October, 1978, (NASA CP-2062). 

Sauer, G.; Wolf, M. Gyroscopic Effects in the Dynamic Response of Rotating Structures, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 11, May, 1986. 

Robinson, John. An Evaluation of Lower Order Membrane and Plate Elements, Proc. of the Conf. on Finite Element Methods and Technology, March, 1980. 

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. 

Rolfes, R. A New Finite Element for Thermal Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates, Proc. of the 17th MSC Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 30, September, 1990. 

Rudd, B. William; Tompkins, David. Effective Use of MSC/NASTRAN Parabolic Tetrahedral Elements, The MSC 1987 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 19, March, 1987. 

Sauer, G. A Modified Mass Matrix for the Beam Element, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 7, May, 1987. 

Schiermeier, John E.; Housner, Jerrold M.; Ransom, Jonathan B.; Aminpour, Mohammad A.; Stroud, W. Jefferson. The Application of Interface Elements to Dissimilar Meshes in Global/Local Analysis, MSC 1996 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. III, Paper No. 27, June, 1996. 

Shyy, Y. K.; Fleury, Claude; Izadpanah, K. Using the p-Version of the Finite Element Method for Shape Optimal Design, The MSC 1987 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 13, March, 1987. 

Stanton, E. L. A Design Study for the Addition of Higher-Order Parametric Discrete Elements to NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 361-374, September, 1972, (NASA TM X-2637). 

Stronge, W. J. Modeling Damaged Wings-Element Selection and Constraint Specification, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 105-120, September, 1975, (NASA TM X-3278). 

Takada, K.; Okazaki, S.; Ikeda, S.; Nakano, F.; Hoff, Claus C.; Mendoza, Peter J.; Key, Samuel W. A New Shell Element in Large Scale Analysis of Automotive Structures, The MSC 1992 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 9, May, 1992. 

Thacker, Jr., Robert P. MSC/NASTRAN: Shell and Solid Element Mesh Requirements in the Vicinity of a Circular Hole Stress Concentration, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 3, May, 1993. 

Triaca, Ruben Lopez; Difabio, Eduardo Tano. Triangular Plate-Bending Continuum on Three Point Supports- MSC/NASTRAN QUAD4 Element, Finite Element News, pp. 12-15, October, 1992. 

Tsai, Chung-Ta; Szabo, Barna A. The Constraint Method-A New Finite Element Technique, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 551-568, September, 1973, (NASA TM X-2893). 

Wahlstrom, Stig. Solid Element Requirement for NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 797-812, September, 1971, (NASA TM X-2378). 

Wilkinson, Michael T.; Fulton, Robert E. Convergence of the NASTRAN Plate Elements for Shell Stress Analysis, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 749-768, September, 1971, (NASA TM X-2378). 

Wilkinson, R. F.; Kelley, J. W. A Failsafe Analysis Using NASTRAN's Piecewise Linear Analysis with a Nine Node Linear Crack Element, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 181-200, September, 1975, (NASA TM X-3278). 

Wolter, H.; Birkholz, E. Improved Triangular Element Developed to Support Body Panel Analysis-Element Characteristics, Experience and Implementation in MSC/NASTRAN via the Dummy Element Technique, Proc. of the 15th MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., October, 1988. 

Woodmansee, Paul R.; Gans, Howard D. Finite Element Analysis of Porosity on Material Properties Using MSC/NASTRAN, The MSC 1990 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 53, March, 1990. 

Woytowitz, P. J.; Citerley, R. L. Crack Elements for COSMIC/NASTRAN, Thirteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 32-46, May, 1985, (NASA CP-2373). 

Young, K. J.; Mitchell, L. D. On the Performance of Various Kinds of Rod and Beam Mass Matrices on a Plane-Frame Structure, Proc. of IMAC-IX, Vol. I, pp. 1057-1065, April, 1991.