1. An adaptive iteration algorithm for structural modal reanalysis of topological modifications. Author Xiaowei Yang, Huadong Lian, and Suhuan Chen Subjects *ITERATIVE methods (Mathematics), *ALGORITHMS, *PERTURBATION theory, *MATRICES (Mathematics), *ADAPTIVE computing systems Abstract An adaptive iteration algorithm is presented in this paper for structural modal reanalysis of topological modifications. The rules of adaptation are given. The method is based on matrix perturbation and can be implemented easily on the computer. A little computation effort is involved, which is very important for topological modification with the increase of the joints and the number of degrees of freedom. In order to illustrate the method, three examples are given. The results show that the proposed method is effective for structural modal reanalysis of topological modifications. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Published 2002 Full Text View/download PDF