TABLE OF CONTENTS

WELCOMES TO Z88 !

1 THE FINITE ELEMENTS PROGRAM Z88

1.1 GENERAL OVERVIEW FEA Z88

1.2 HOW TO INSTALL Z88 FOR WINDOWS

1.3 HOW TO INSTALL Z88 FOR UNIX AND LINUX

1.4 DYNAMIC MEMORY Z88

2 THE Z88 MODULES

2.1 THE DIRECT CHOLESKY SOLVER Z88F

2.2 THE ITERATION SOLVER Z88I1/Z88I2

2.3 THE STRESS PROCESSOR Z88D

2.4 THE NODAL FORCE PROCESSOR Z88E

2.5 THE MESH GENERATOR Z88N

2.6 THE PLOT PROGRAM Z88P

2.7 THE CAD CONVERTER Z88X

2.8 THE COSMOS CONVERTER Z88G

2.9 THE CUTHILL- McKEE PROGRAM Z88H

2.10 THE FILECHECKER Z88V

2.11 THE OPENGL PLOT PROGRAM Z88O

3 EDITING INPUT FILES

3.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

3.2 GENERAL STRUCTURE DATA Z88I1.TXT

3.3 MESH GENERATOR INPUT FILE Z88NI.TXT

3.4 BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FILE Z88I2.TXT

3.5 STRESS PARAMETER FILE Z88I3.TXT

3.6 ITERATION SOLVER PARAMETER FILE Z88I4.TXT

4 DESCRIPTION OF THE FINITE ELEMENTS

4.1 HEXAHEDRON NO.1 WITH 8 NODES

4.2 BEAM NO.2 WITH 2 NODES IN SPACE

4.3 PLANE STRESS TRIANGLE NO.3 WITH 6 NODES

4.4 TRUSS NO.4 IN SPACE

4.5 CAM ELEMENT NO.5 WITH 2 NODES

4.6 TORUS NO.6 WITH 3 NODES

4.7 PLANE STRESS ELEMENT NO.7 WITH 8 NODES

4.8 TORUS NO.8 WITH 8 NODES

4.9 TRUSS NO.9 IN PLANE

4.10 HEXAHEDRON NO.10 WITH 20 NODES

4.11 PLANE STRESS ELEMENT NO.11 WITH 12 NODES

4.12 TORUS NO.12 WITH 12 NODES

4.13 BEAM NO.13 WITH 2 NODES IN PLANE

4.14 PLANE STRESS ISOP. TRIANGLE NO.14 WITH 6 NODES

4.15 TORUS NO.15 WITH 6 NODES

4.16 TETRAHEDRON NO.16 WITH 10 NODES

4.17 TETRAHEDRON NO.17 WITH 4 NODES

4.18 PLATE NO.18 WITH 6 NODES

4.19 PLATE NO.19 WITH 16 NODES

4.20 PLATE NO.20 WITH 8 NODES

5 EXAMPLES

5.0 OVERVIEW

5.1 FORK WRENCH WITH PLANE STRESS ELE. NO.7

5.2 CRANE TRUSS WITH TRUSSES NO.4

5.3 TRANSMISSION CAM WITH CAM ELEMENTS NO.5

5.4 BEAM in PLANE WITH BEAMS NO.13

5.5 PLATE SEGMENT WITH HEXAHEDRONS NO.1

5.6 PIPE UNDER INTERNAL PRESSURE, PLAIN STRESS ELE. NO.7

5.7 PIPE UNDER INTERNAL PRESSURE, TORUS NO.8

5.8 CRANKSHAFT, TETRAHEDRON NO.16

5.9 RECTANGULAR PLATE, PLATE NO.19