CentralDifference Integrator
The CentralDifference integrator is an explicit time integration method for dynamic analysis.
Description
This integrator is particularly suitable for:
Wave propagation problems
Impact analysis
Highly nonlinear dynamic problems
Cases where computational efficiency per time step is important
Systems with distributed mass matrices
The CentralDifference method is a second-order explicit method that computes the response at time t+Δt based on the equilibrium at time t.
Parameters
This integrator has no parameters.
Usage Example
# Create a CentralDifference integrator
integrator = fm.analysis.integrators.create_integrator("centraldifference")