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MSC.Nastran Bibliography

Error Estimation/Accuracy/Reliability/Quality

Anker, J. C. Names, Numbers and Numbering Schemes, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., April, 1985. 

Balmer, Hans A. Short Communications-Another Aspect of the Error in Eccentric Beam Formulation, Int. J. for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 12, 1978. 

Blakely, Ken; Walton, W. B. Selection of Measurement and Parameter Uncertainties for Finite Element Model Revision, 2nd Int. Modal Analysis Conf., February, 1984. 

Blakely, Ken. Using Design Sensitivity for Statistical Response Analysis, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 27, May, 1993. 

Bricout, J. N. A Finite Element Updating Method Used with MSC/NASTRAN, Proc. of the 20th MSC European Users' Conf., September, 1993. 

Caesar, B.; Eckert, L.; Wohler, H. Update of Dynamic Mathematical Models Using NASTRAN "Application in Study", Proc. of the 20th MSC European Users' Conf., September, 1993. 

Caldwell, Steve; Wang, B. P. Application of Approximate Techniques in the Estimation of Eigenvalue Quality, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 11, May, 1993. 

Case, W. R.; Vandegrift, R. E. Accuracy of Three Dimensional Solid Finite Elements, Twelfth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 26-46, May, 1984, (NASA CP-2328). 

Chanda, S.; Diserens, N. A Post-Processor for Error Estimation in Static Analysis, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., May, 1987. 

Cheng, J. C.; Campbell, G. C.; Nagy, L. I. Grid Point Stress Calculation, Error Prediction and Automatic Remeshing Procedure, The MSC 1991 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 59, March, 1991. 

Haggenmacher, Gernot W. Some Aspects of NASTRAN Solution Accuracy, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 47-64, September, 1971, (NASA TM X-2378). 

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. 

Kalinowski, A. J. Solution Sensitivity and Accuracy Study of NASTRAN for Large Dynamic Problems Involving Structural Damping, Ninth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 49-62, October, 1980, (NASA CP-2151). 

Kelly, Don W.; Isles, J. D.; Cerezo, J. J.; Wiltshire, W. H. Finite Element Solution Accuracy and Model Validation- Research Aspects, The Second Australasian MSC Users Conf. Proc., Paper No. 13, November, 1988. 

Ko, William L.; Olana, Timothy. Effect of Element Size on the Solution Accuracies of Finite-Element Heat Transfer and Thermal Stress Analyses of Space Shuttle Orbiter, Sixteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 79-127, April, 1988, (NASA CP-2505). 

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

MacNeal, R. H. The Reliability of Finite Element Tools, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 249-257, October, 1986. 

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. 

Maroger, Y. Calculation Engineering, a Tool Among Others, Proc. of the 17th MSC Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 2, September, 1990. 

McVee, J. D.; Cross, R.; Foster, A. Quality Assurance of MSC/NASTRAN Models of Naval Structures, Proc. of the Sixteenth MSC Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 25, September, 1989.  (paper not available)

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. 

Miller, Robert P. Reduction of the Error in Eccentric Beam Modeling, Int. J. for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 15, 1980. 

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. 

Peano, Dr. A. A Posteriori Error Estimation and Adaptivity, Proc. of the 15th MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., October, 1988. 

Rainer, G. Ph. Improved Simulation of Operating Conditions for FE-Calculations-Supporting Means and Procedures, The MSC 1992 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 40, May, 1992. 

Rosser, David C.; Rogers, James L. Jr. The NASTRAN Error Correction Information System (ECIS), NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 493-510, September, 1975, (NASA TM X-3278). 

Shephard, Mark S. Reliable Finite Element Modeling for Engineering Design, The MSC 1990 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 8, March, 1990. 

Szabo, Dr. Barna A. Reliability in Finite Element Computations, Proc. of the 18th MSC Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 3, June, 1991. 

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. 

Wang, B. P.; Caldwell, S. P. Reducing Truncation Error in Structural Dynamic Modification, The MSC 1991 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 11, March, 1991. 

Welte, Y. Accuracy Check of Analysis Results Computed on a Nearly Singular Structure, Proc. of the 15th MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 28, October, 1988. 

Zins, J.; Lister, S. The Hubbard Method of Quality Control Applied to Finite Element Analysis, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 17, May, 1987.