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MSC.Nastran Bibliography

Numerical Methods and Algorithms

Barnett, Alan R.; Abdallah, Ayma A.; Ibrahim, Omar M.; Manella, Richard T. Solving Modal Equations of Motion with Initial Conditions Using MSC/NASTRAN DMAP Part 1: Implementing Exact Mode Superposition, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 12, May, 1993. 

Barnett, Alan R.; Abdallah, Ayma A.; Ibrahim, Omar M.; Sullivan, Timothy L. Solving Modal Equations of Motion with Initial Conditions Using MSC/NASTRAN DMAP Part 2: Coupled vs. Uncoupled Integration, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 13, May, 1993. 

Bolz, Charles W. NASTRAN Computer Resource Management for the Matrix Decomposition Modules, Seventh NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 13-24, October, 1978, (NASA CP-2062). 

Brunner, M. CLASORT-Critical Load Area Sort Module, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., May, 1987. 

Buturla, E. M.; Burroughs, S. H. Application of Symbolic/Numeric Matrix Solution Techniques to the NASTRAN Program, Sixth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 193-198, October, 1977, (NASA CP-2018). 

Caldwell, Steve P.; Wang, B. P. An Improved Approximate Method for Computing Eigenvector Derivatives in MSC/NASTRAN, The MSC 1992 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 22, May, 1992. 

Chao, Kuo-Ping. Invariant Eigenspace for Generalized Eigenvalue Problems with LSMR Transformation, The Sixth Annual MSC Taiwan Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 11, November, 1994. 

Cifuentes, Arturo; Coppolino, Robert N. Computation of the Eigen-Frequencies of Acoustic Cavities: A New Penalty Method, The 1989 MSC World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 36, March, 1989. 

Everstine, Gordon C. The BANDIT Computer Program for the Reduction of Matrix Bandwidth for NASTRAN, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 407-414, September, 1972, (NASA TM X-2637). 

Everstine, Gordon C. Recent Improvements to BANDIT, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 511-522, September, 1975, (NASA TM X-3278). 

Everstine, Gordon C. Reduction of Matrix Wavefront for NASTRAN, Seventh NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 111-122, October, 1978, (NASA CP-2062). 

Everstine, Gordon C. A Comparison of Three Resequencing Algorithms for the Reduction of Matrix Profile and Wavefront, Int. J. for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 14, pp. 837-853, 1979. 

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). 

Goehlich, D.; Fulton, R.; Komzsik, L. Program Designs and Data Structures for Vectorized Finite Element Computations, Fourth Int. Conf. on Superconducting, 1989. 

Gohlich, D.; Schilberth, G. Evaluation of New Matrix Methods in MSC/NASTRAN, Proc. of the 18th MSC Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 14, June, 1991. 

Grimes, Roger G.; Lewis, John G.; Simon, Horst D.; Komzsik, Louis; Scott, David S. Shifted Block Lanczos Algorithm in MSC/NASTRAN, MSC/NASTRAN Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 12, March, 1985. 

Gupta, Viney K.; Zillmer, Scott D.; Allison, Robert E. Solving Large-Scale Dynamic Systems Using Band Lanczos Method in Rockwell NASTRAN on Cray X-MP, Fourteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 236-246, May, 1986, (NASA CP-2419). 

Harano, Shinichiro. Improvements in Sparse Matrix Operations of NASTRAN, Ninth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 14-48, October, 1980, (NASA CP-2151). 

Hess, Edwin N. Dynamic Storage Expansion in NASTRAN, Seventh NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 1-12, October, 1978, (NASA CP-2062). 

Kasai, Manabu. Computation of First Derivatives from Eigenvectors (Application to Stochastic Finite Elements Method Based on Perturbation Method), The Third MSC/NASTRAN User's Conf. in Japan, October, 1985, in Japanese. 

Komzsik, L. The Evolution of Eigenvalue Methods and Computer Hardware, Invited Presentation-IBM Eur. Institute, 1988. 

Komzsik, Louis. MSC/NASTRAN on Minisupercomputers, Proc. of the 15th MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 25, October, 1988. 

Komzsik, L. New Features of the Lanczos Module in Version 67 of MSC/NASTRAN, Proc. of the 18th MSC Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 13, June, 1991. 

Komzsik, Louis. Performance of MSC/NASTRAN on Vector and Parallel Processors, 2nd SIAM Conf. on Parallel Processing, 1985. 

Komzsik, Louis; Poschmann, Petra. Iterative Solution Techniques for Finite Element Applications, To be published in Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Winter, 1993. 

Komzsik, Louis; Chiang, Kuo-Ning. A Lagrange Multiplier Based Parallel Algorithm in MSC/NASTRAN, The Fifth Annual MSC Taiwan Users' Conf. Proc., November, 1993. 

Lee, Sang H.; Hsieh, Steve S. Expedient Implicit Integration with Adaptive Time Stepping Algorithm for Nonlinear Transient Analysis, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 151-172, August, 1990. 

Levy, R.; Wall, S. Savings in NASTRAN Decomposition Time by Sequencing to Reduce Active Columns, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 627-632, September, 1971, (NASA TM X-2378). 

Lin, Shinn-Li; Lai, Tser-Shyong. An Application of MSC/NASTRAN to Transient Loading Reconstruction, The 2nd Annual MSC Taiwan Users Conf., Paper No. 12, October, 1990, in Chinese. 

Mandel, Jan. Fast Iterative Solver for Finite Elements Using Incomplete Elimination, The MSC 1991 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 35, March, 1991. 

Mera, A. MSC/NASTRAN's Numerical Efficiency for Large Problems on CYBER Versus Cray Computer, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., June, 1983. 

Narayanaswami, R.; Cole, Joseph G. Use of New Matrix Assembler for Differential Stiffness Matrices, Sixth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., p. 469, October, 1977, (NASA CP-2018). 

Newman, Malcolm; Mann, Frederick I. Extension of the Tridiagonal Reduction (FEER) Method for Complex Eigenvalue Problems in NASTRAN, Seventh NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 419-446, October, 1978, (NASA CP-2062). 

Niering, E. Simulation of Run-Up Procedure with Rotating Structures in Transient Response Calculations, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 6, May, 1987. 

Pamidi, P. R. On the Congruent Feature in NASTRAN, Eighth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 1-10, October, 1979, (NASA CP-2131). 

Pamidi, P. R.; Butler, Thomas G. Bubble Vector in Automatic Merging, Fifteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 118-135, August, 1987, (NASA CP-2481). 

Pamidi, P. R.; Turner, Horace Q. Addition of the AUTOSPC Feature to NASTRAN, Fifteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 1-35, August, 1987, (NASA CP-2481). 

Petesch, Douglas; Deuermeyer, Dawson; Clifford, Greg. Effects of Large Memory on MSC/NASTRAN Performance, Proc. of the 18th MSC Eur. Users' Conf., Paper No. 12, June, 1991. 

Shamsian, Shawn; Komzsik, Louis. Sparse Matrix Methods in MSC/NASTRAN, The MSC 1990 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 64, March, 1990. 

Shyu, Bor-Lin; Fu, Hsueh-Horng; Chiang, Kuo-Ning. The Application of Sparse Iterative and Direct Solvers on Large-Scale FEM Models, The Sixth Annual MSC Taiwan Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 2, November, 1994. 

Sinkiewicz, James E. Numerical Stability of Fine Mesh Torus Models, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Users' Conf., March, 1979. 

Ting, T. A Hybrid L-M/BFGS Method for System Identification, The MSC 1990 World Users Conf. Proc., Vol. II, Paper No. 45, March, 1990. 

Vollan, Arne; Kaporin, Igor; Babikov, Pavel. Practical Experience with Different Iterative Solvers for Linear Static and Modal Analysis of Large Finite Element Models, Proc. of the 21st MSC European Users' Conf., Italian Session, September, 1994. 

Wang, B. P.; Caldwell, S. P. Improved Approximate Method for Computing Eigenvector Derivatives, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design v 14 n 4 Nov 1993. 

Young, W. G. Resequencing Options in MSC/NASTRAN - Assessment and Selection, Proc. of the 19th MSC European Users' Conf., Paper No. 26, September, 1992. 

Zellermann, G. Adding Unsymmetric Differential Equations to a Structural Model, Proc. of the MSC/NASTRAN Eur. Users' Conf., May, 1984. 
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