Basis for Derivation of Matrices for the Direct Stiffness Method

Construction of Customized Mass-Stiffness Pairs Using Templates

“…These in turn had to wait until three tools became well established by the early 1960s: (i) the Direct Stiffness Method of Turner, (ii) the concept of shape functions, and (iii) the FEM connection to Rayleigh-Ritz. The critical ingredient (iii) was established in the thesis of Melosh (1962) under Harold Martin, and the subsequent journal article Melosh (1963). The link to dynamics was closed with Archer's contributions, and CMM became a staple of FEM.…”

Berechnung von Platten und Rippenplatten nach der Methode der endlichen Elemente

“…, Clough [2,28], Melosh [29] und Zienkiewicz [3] Felippa [20], Zienkiewicz [3] und Argyris [15] Felippa [20] und Ergatoudis [26] [6,7] w(x,y,z )= w(x,y)…”

On General Purpose Programs for Finite Element Analysis, With Special Reference to Geometric and Material Nonlinearities

“…At the same time work [9,10] was reported which established a framework by which the finite element method could be related to the methods used in continuum mechanics.…”