
Abstract A physical interpretation is derived for the Choleski decomposition method as applied to structural analysis. Both the stiffness (displacement) and flexibility (force) methods of structural analysis are treated. The interpretation is shown to be valuable in providing physically meaningful upper and lower bounds on the elements of the decomposed diagonal matrix. These bounds are useful in error analysis of structural computations on a digital computer.
Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics, Other matrix algorithms
Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics, Other matrix algorithms
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