ModelReduction.jl is a Julia package to perform model reduction methods for i.e. multibody dynamics problems. The packcage includes model order reduction methods such as the Guyan reduction and the Craig-Bampton method.

Reducing the sizes of stiffness and mass matrices of the model will greatly decrease the computation resources needed when performing dynamic analyses.

ModelReduction.jl is a part of JuliaFEM. All codes are MIT licensed.

Installing and testing the package

Download and unzip the packge files into your Julia folder and then install the package the same way other Julia packages are installed.

julia> Pkg.add("ModelReduction")

Test the package with Pkg.test etc.

julia> Pkg.test("ModelReduction")

Usage example

This example demonstrates how to use the Craig-Bampton method function.

Problem setup:

K =
[2 -1 0 0;
-1 2 -1 0;
 0 -1 2 -1;
 0 0 -1 1]

M =
[2 0 0 0;
 0 2 0 0;
 0 0 2 0;
 0 0 0 1]

r = [4]
l = [1, 2, 3]
n = 1

K = original stiffness matrix, M = original mass matrix, r = retained DOF:s, l = internal DOF:s, n = the number of the internal modes to keep. Calculate the reduced mass and stiffness matrices Mred and Kred.

craig_bampton(K, M, r, l, n)

# output

Mred, Kred = ([2.75 -1.20711; -1.20711 1.0], [0.25 0.0; 0.0 0.292893])

Contributing

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ModelReduction.jl documentation

Installing and testing the package

Usage example

Contributing