COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR NON-PRISMATIC FOLDED PLATES WITH PLATE AND BEAM ELEMENTS

A GENERAL COMPUTER PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED WHICH IS CAPABLE OF ANALYZING ANY PRISMATIC CELLULAR OR OPEN FOLDED PLATE STRUCTURE WITH TRANSVERSE DIAPHRAGMS AND PLANAR FRAMES AT ANY SECTION AS WELL AS LONGITUDINAL BEAMS. THE STRUCTURE MAY BE SUBJECTED TO SURFACE LOADS, LINE LOADS, CONCENTRATED LOADS AS WELL AS KNOWN DISPLACEMENTS. THE SOLUTION IS BASED ON THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIRECT STIFFNESS METHOD. ALL FINAL MODAL DISPLACEMENTS, REACTIONS, AND INTERNAL FORCES AND MOMENTS IN FRAME ELEMENTS AND WITHIN FINITE ELEMENTS ARE PRINTED OUT AT POINTS SELECTED BY THE USER. /AUTHOR/