about Newmark Scheme

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Lin Ji wrote:
> 
> Hi, Jean-Francois and Christophe,
>     Is there any constaint on the ratio between the time step size and the
> space meshing size in the Newmark Scheme? Thanks.
> 

It depends on the parameters you choose for the scheme. The ones I set
in the example (check the resolution field) lead to an unconditionnaly
stable scheme.

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