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")