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Publications and source records attributed to Gilbert, J. L..
Program MASPROP rapidly calculates mass properties of complex, rigid structural systems. Its basic premise is that complex systems can be adequately described by combination of basic elementary structural shapes.
A computer program was developed for the rapid computation of the mass properties of complex structural systems. The program uses rigid body analyses and permits differences in structural material throughout the total system. It is based on the premise that complex systems can be adequately described by a combination of basic elemental shapes. Simple geometric data describing size and location of each element and the respective material density or weight of each element were the only required input data. From this minimum input, the program yields system weight, center of gravity, moments of inertia and products of inertia with respect to mutually perpendicular axes through the system center of gravity. The program also yields mass properties of the individual shapes relative to component axes.
Beam stiffness determined for thin walled truncated cones under bending loads