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NASTRAN Users Manual Vol II

The User's Manual is one of four manuals that constitute the documentation for NASTRAN. the
other three being the Theoretical Manual, the Programmer's Manual and the Demonstration Problem
Manual. Although the User's Manual contains all of the information that is directly associated
with the solution of problems with NASTRAN, the user will find it desirable to refer to the other
manuals for assistance in the solution of specific user problems.

The Theoretical Manual gives an excellent introduction to NASTRAN and presents developments of
the analytical and numerical procedures that underlie the program. The User's Manual is
instructive and encyclopedic in nature, but is restricted to those items related to the use of
NASTRAN that are generally independent of the computing system being used. Computer-dependent
topics and information that is required for the maintenance and modification of the program are
treated in the Programmer‘s Manual. The Programmer's Manual also provides a complete description
of the program, including the mathematical equations implemented in the code. The Demonstration
Problem Manual presents a discussion of the sample problems delivered with NASTRAN, thereby
illustrating the formulation of the different types of problems that can be solved with NASTRAN.

In addition to the four manuals described above, there is also a NASTRAN User's Guide that
serves as a handbook for users. It describes all of the NASTRAN features and options and
illustrates them by examples. Other excellent sources for NASTRAN-related topics are the
proceedings of the NASTRAN Users‘ Colloquia (held normally every year) which provide a large body
of information based on user experiences with NASTRAN.

The User‘s Manual has recently been completely revised and updated. With a view to facilitate
easier updating of the manual in the future to keep up with newer releases of NASTRAN, it has now
been divided into two volumes.

Volume I consists of seven sections and contains all of the material that was in the old
single volume. except Section 3. This section has been re-arranged into four sections and forms
Volume II. In order to avoid confusion, Section 3 of Volume I does not contain anything other than
a reference to the new Volume 11. Also, it should be noted here that, unless explicitly indicated
otherwise, all references to sections in each volume refer only to sections in that volume.