Importing Modules into a Python Program

In Python, a module introduces a new namespace and adds functions, classes and variables into your programs, enabling them to do things which they would not be able to without the capabilities imported from the module. more ...




NumPy Arrays

NumPy ndarray is a versatile n-dim array implementation and quite different compared to Scilab matrices. Let us examine how NumPy and Scilab define and use arrays. more ...


Direct Stiffness Method - Degree of Freedom Numbering

An introduction to numbering degree of freedom numbers for direct stiffness method of analysis of skeletal structures.

Direct stiffness method of analysis of skeletal structures represents skeletal structures using one dimensional truss or beam elements and sets up the stiffness equation, namely:

$$[K]{x} = {P}$$

where $[K]$ is the structure ...

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