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Nonlinear finite-element modeling of intercomponent connections in light-frame wood structures

Creator:

Groom, Kevin

Abstract:

Nailed connections have nonlinear load-displacement relations. Modeling these connections in an assembled structure would require a great amount of computational time because of the large number of degrees of freedom. Replacing these connections with energetically-equivalent nonlinear springs reduces the number of degrees of freedom, and leads to computational efficiency in...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis