Sensitivity

STATIC PROBLEMS
Notes
Direct Differentiation Method (DDM)
Linear Static DDM
Adjoint Method
Nonlinear Static DDM
Bouc-Wen Material Derivatives
Shape Sensitivity
Examples
Sensitivity of Cantilevered Beam Displacement
DYNAMIC PROBLEMS
Notes
Linear Dynamic DDM
Nonlinear Dynamic DDM
Rayleigh Damping Derivatives
Modal Damping Derivatives
Eigenvalue Derivatives

Note: The direct differentiation method for linear, nonlinear, static, and dynamic analysis is comprehensively implemented in the Python code G2 posted on the Finite Elements page.