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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 108
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING
Edited by: J. Kruis, Y. Tsompanakis and B.H.V. Topping
Paper 109

A Contribution to One-step Multiple-Value Methods for Computational Analysis of Problems in Non-Linear Dynamics

M.A.E. Kaunda

Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Bellville, South Africa

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
M.A.E. Kaunda, "A Contribution to One-step Multiple-Value Methods for Computational Analysis of Problems in Non-Linear Dynamics", in J. Kruis, Y. Tsompanakis, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 109, 2015. doi:10.4203/ccp.108.109
Keywords: nonlinear dynamics, implicit time-integrating schemes, higher-order derivatives, one-step multiple-value methods, spectral radius, Liapunov stability.

Summary
One-step multiple-value methods are developed for solving problems in nonlinear dynamics which involve an accurate predictor method with higher derivatives, followed by a corrector method cast in form of an enhanced Newton-Raphson scheme. An algorithm, supported by numerical examples, is developed to determine initial conditions of the higher derivatives necessary for the one-step multiple-value methods. Further, a Laplace transform method is also proposed to determine initial conditions. The generalized Newmark (GNpj) method of Zienkiewicz and Taylor may be recovered as a special case. The classical stability tool of spectral radius is performed on linear systems whereas Liapunov method on nonlinear systems.

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