Three-dimensional linear dynamic analysis of buildings with 32-bit virtual-memory minicomputers

This paper focuses on computer-aided analysis of three-dimensional buildings with 32-bit, virtual-memory minicomputers. Various floor, inertial, geometry, stiffness, and displacement models of three-dimensional buildings are discussed with respect to implications for computational efficiency. From this discussion a model for three-dimensional buildings is selected for use with virtual-memory minicomputers. This paper also treats the use of symbolic manipulation, dynamic allocation of memory, and matrix storage and manipulation to achieve computational efficiency. Examples with computational statistics illustrate the ideas presented.