ExplicitDifference Integrator

The ExplicitDifference integrator is an explicit time integration method for dynamic analysis.

Description

This integrator is particularly suitable for:

• Dynamic problems requiring computational efficiency

• Impact and blast analyses

• Wave propagation problems

• Cases where the time step is limited by physics rather than stability

• Short-duration dynamic events

The ExplicitDifference method advances the solution without solving a system of equations at each time step, making it computationally efficient for each step.

Parameters

This integrator has no parameters.

Usage Example

# Create an ExplicitDifference integrator
integrator = fm.analysis.integrators.create_integrator("explicitdifference")