B2000++ User Manual (4.6)

• Introduction
  • Work Flow
  • An Example
• Model Description Language (MDL)
  • MDL Language Elements
    • MDL format
    • Numeric data
    • Character string and text string data
    • List data
    • Include files
    • Variable assignment
    • Data types
    • Data type conversion
    • Substitution
    • Expressions
    • Built-in functions and constants
    • Conditional processing
    • Conditional loops
    • The break and continue statements
  • MDL Commands
    • adir
    • atemperatures
    • branch
    • branch_orientation
    • case
    • dof_init, dofdot_init
    • ebc
    • edgeset
    • epatch
    • elements
    • elementset
    • faceset
    • field_transfer
    • join
    • linc
    • material
    • nbc
    • nbc Concentrated Loads
    • nbc Line Loads
    • nbc Surface Traction and Pressure Loads
    • nbc Body Loads
    • nbc Inertia Loads
    • nbc Body Heat Loads
    • nodes
    • nodeset
    • property
      • beam_constants
      • beam_section
      • beam_section_matrix
      • beam_section_submodel
    • stage
    • title
    • temperatures
    • transformations
• Generic Elements
  • Wire, Line (L) and Rod/Cable (R) Elements
  • Beam (B) Elements
  • Triangular (T, TR) Elements
  • Quadrilateral (Q) Elements
  • Tetrahedral (TE) Elements
  • Hexahedral (HE) Elements
  • Prismatic (PR) Elements
  • Point Mass (PMASS) Element
  • Rigid Body (RBE) Elements
• B2000++ Elements
  • Deformation Analysis Elements
    • Rod and Cable Elements
    • Beam Elements
    • Shell Elements
    • Two-Dimensional Continuum Elements
    • Solid Elements
    • Point Mass Elements
    • Rigid-Body (RBE) Elements
    • Spring Element
    • FMDE Elements
    • SSC Shell-to-Solid Coupling Elements
  • Heat-transfer Analysis Elements
    • 2D Heat Conduction Elements
    • 3D Heat Conduction Elements
    • 1D Convection and Radiation Overlay Elements
    • Convection and Radiation Overlay Elements
  • Element Material Orientation
    • morientation
    • mbase
  • Integration Schemes
• B2000++ Materials
  • Solid Mechanics Materials
    • Linear Elastic Isotropic Material
    • Linear Elastic Orthotropic Material
    • Linear Elastic ortho25 Material
    • Linear Elastic Anisotropic Material
    • Laminates
    • ABD Material
    • PSHELL Material
    • Mooney-Rivlin Material Model
    • Generalised Blatz-Ko Material Model
    • Viscoelastic Isotropic Material
    • Viscoelastic Orthotropic Material
  • Solid Mechanics Failure Criteria
    • Maximum Principal Stress Failure Criterion
    • Maximum Stress Failure Criterion
    • Maximum Principal Strain Failure Criterion
    • Maximum Strain Failure Criterion
    • Von Mises Failure Criterion
    • Tsai-Wu Failure Criterion
    • Hashin Failure Criterion
    • LaRC04 Failure Criterion
  • Heat Flow Materials
  • Heat Conduction Parameters
  • Heat Convection Parameters
  • Heat Radiation Parameters
  • User Defined Materials
  • Gradients
  • Stresses and Strains
• B2000++ Solvers
  • Linear Static Solver
  • Static Nonlinear Solver (B2000++ Pro)
  • Dynamic Linear Solver
  • Dynamic Nonlinear Solver (B2000++ Pro)
    • Applications
  • Undamped Free Vibration Solver
  • Frequency-Dependent Undamped Free-Vibration Solver (B2000++ Pro)
  • Linearized Pre-Buckling Solver
  • Sparse Linear Equation Solvers
  • Linear and Nonlinear Constraint Control
  • Flux-normalised Correction Termination Test
• Selected Topics
  • Analysis Cases
  • Solver Algorithms
    • Linear Static Solver Numerical Algorithm
    • Nonlinear Solver Numerical Algorithm
    • Nonlinear Dynamic Solver Numerical Algorithm
    • Linearised Pre-Buckling Solver Numerical Algorithm
    • Free Vibration Solver Numerical Algorithm
    • Frequency-Dependent Vibration Solver Numerical Algorithm
  • Artificial Damping
  • Shell Elements and the Drill Stiffness
  • Solutions Fields
    • Deformation Analysis Solution Fields
    • Heat Flow Analysis Solution Fields
    • Field Attributes
  • Coordinate Systems and Transformations
  • Loads in Nonlinear Analysis
  • Laminates
  • Mass and non-structural mass
  • Beam Cross Sections
    • Beam Cross Section
    • Beam Cross Section Solver Constitutive Matrix
      • A test with beam cross section solver
      • Same test with beam section matrix
    • Conclusion
• B2000++ Applications
  • Solvers
    • b2000++
      • Event Logging
      • Defining MDL Variables on the Command-line
      • Command-line Analysis Directives
      • Solver Error Messages
      • Timing information
    • b2ip++
    • b2mass
      • Additional Information
    • b2add_6dof
    • b2add_ssc_elements
  • Data Converters
    • b2convert_from_nas
  • Utility Programs
    • b2mcbrowser
    • b2testrunner
    • b2rmdb
      • Positional Arguments
      • Named Arguments
• Bibliograpy
• B2000++ Glossary
• Appendix
  • External Programs and Libraries
    • ARPACK Eigenvalue Solvers
    • BLAS Linear Algebra
    • GMM++ Iterative Equation Solvers
    • Intel Threading Building Block 4.x
    • MUMPS Linear Solver
    • muParser Expression Evaluator
    • PASTIX Parallel Sparse Matrix Package
    • RayTrace Software Package
    • SCOTCH and PT-SCOTCH Graph Partitioning
  • Obsolete MDL Commands
• Index

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