Title :
OpenSees: A Framework for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
Author_Institution :
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
Abstract :
Structural engineers face many challenges in attempting to analyze and design structures that can withstand the devastating effects of earthquakes. The OpenSees software framework seeks to aid in this challenging task by letting earthquake engineers develop finite-element and finite-element-reliability applications for use in sequential, high-performance, and distributed processing environments.
Keywords :
design engineering; earthquake engineering; finite element analysis; structural engineering computing; OpenSees software framework; distributed processing environments; earthquake engineering simulation; finite-element-reliability applications; structure analysis; structure design; Computational modeling; Design engineering; Earthquakes; Structural engineering; Finite-element method; distributed computing; parallel computing; scientific computing; structural engineering;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2011.66
