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Turner, Clough, Martin and Topp described assembling structural stiffness from smaller units, imposing equilibrium and continuity at nodes for computation of complex structures.
Scientific scope
Turner, Clough, Martin and Topp described assembling structural stiffness from smaller units, imposing equilibrium and continuity at nodes for computation of complex structures. Scope limitation: This is one formative stiffness-method paper, not sole invention of all finite-element analysis. Approximation accuracy depends on the model and discretization.
Evidence
Assessment uses the catalogue-linked source evidence for the stated contribution. This is one formative stiffness-method paper, not sole invention of all finite-element analysis. Approximation accuracy depends on the model and discretization.
Contributors
- M. J. TURNER · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- R. W. CLOUGH · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- H. C. MARTIN · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- L. J. TOPP · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- Stiffness and Deflection Analysis of Complex Structures
- Stiffness and Deflection Analysis of Complex Structures — deposited bibliography
- Original 1956 paper, first-page method and byline
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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