Interval Finite Element Method with MATLAB

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by f indicate figures and t indicate tables.

A

Arbitrary matrix 19–20

Axial force vector 

linear bar element 111–112

plane truss element 107

space truss element 107

B

Beam element 68–71 See also 2D interval finite elements

element connectivity 89t

MATLAB® functions 

BeamElementAssemble 87

BeamElementForces 87–88

BeamElementStiffness 86–87

programming algorithm 88

nodal displacements 90t

stiffness matrix 86

system structure 88f

united solution 90t

C

Comment lines 23

Cubic polynomial interpolation 25–26

D

Degenerate intervals 3

Dempster-Shafer structure 8–9

F

Finite element method (FEM) 7, 9–10

FOR loop 24

Function file 22–23

Fuzzy finite element (FFEM) 8

Fuzzy number 1

I

IF statement 22

Imprecise probabilities 7–8

Intersection 3

Interval arithmetic  ...