The implementation of a finite element computer code and associated pre- and postprocessor into AE4101 and AE4102 : (Flight Vehicle Structural Analysis I and II)

The objectives of the project described in this thesis were to: 1) provide the documentation that is needed for a Naval Postgraduate School student to use the general purpose finite element computer program called SAP IV, and 2) to make available, and prepare the users manual for, a pre-and postprocessor program called SUBROUTINE PSAP. This subroutine, which was developed at the NASA Langley Research Center, has been modified to specifically plot the finite element model geometry for SAP IV models and to postprocess displacement data for those models on the NPS Calcomp Model 765 Plotter. The input and output for SAP IV and SUBROUTINE PSAP are discussed in detail. The codes have been used successfully in AE 4102, Flight Vehicle Structural Analysis II.

Department dc:contributor.department

Aeronautics

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

1976

Author dc:creator

• Losh, Dennis M.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Ball, Robert E.

Statement dc:rights

• This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/17808

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/17808