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type: meta
title: "Getting Started"
updated: 2026-05-28
tags:
  - meta
  - onboarding
status: evergreen
related:
  - "[[index]]"
  - "[[overview]]"
  - "[[Finite Element Procedures]]"
  - "[[A Continuum Mechanics Based Four-Node Shell]]"
  - "[[Four-Node-Quadrilateral-Shell-Element-MITC4]]"
  - "[[MITC Study Notes]]"
  - "[[Dynamic-Buckling-Analysis-of-Shell-Structures-using-Finite-Element-Method]]"
  - "[[On-the-Finite-Element-Analysis-of-Shell-Structures]]"
  - "[[Solid Element Notes]]"
  - "[[Finite Element Method]]"
  - "[[Wiki Map]]"
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# Getting Started

This vault is currently organized around finite element procedures and computational mechanics.

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## Navigation

- [[index]] - master catalog of current wiki pages
- [[overview]] - short summary of the vault scope
- [[hot]] - recent context cache for future sessions
- [[log]] - operation log, currently trimmed to 2026-05-28 entries
- [[Wiki Map]] - visual map of the current finite-element wiki
- [[dashboard]] - Obsidian Bases dashboard

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## Current Source

- [[Finite Element Procedures]] by [[Klaus-Jurgen Bathe]]
- [[A Continuum Mechanics Based Four-Node Shell]] by [[Eduardo N. Dvorkin]] and [[Klaus-Jurgen Bathe]]
- [[Four-Node-Quadrilateral-Shell-Element-MITC4|Four-Node Quadrilateral Shell Element MITC4]] by [[Edita Dvorakova]] and [[Borek Patzak]]
- [[MITC Study Notes]]
- [[Dynamic-Buckling-Analysis-of-Shell-Structures-using-Finite-Element-Method|Dynamic Buckling Analysis of Shell Structures using Finite Element Method]] by [[Hee Jun Lee]]
- [[On-the-Finite-Element-Analysis-of-Shell-Structures|On the Finite Element Analysis of Shell Structures]] by [[Phill-Seung Lee]] and [[Hyuk-Chun Noh]]
- [[Solid Element Notes]]

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## Current Domain

- [[Computational Mechanics]]

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## Query Starting Points

- [[Finite Element Method]]
- [[Displacement-Based Finite Element Formulation]]
- [[Isoparametric Finite Elements]]
- [[Isoparametric Linear Solid Elements]]
- [[Solid Element Shape Functions]]
- [[Solid Element Strain-Displacement Matrix]]
- [[Solid Element Stiffness Integration]]
- [[Incompatible Mode Solid Elements]]
- [[Mixed Finite Element Formulations]]
- [[Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis]]
- [[Continuum Mechanics Based Four-Node Shell Element]]
- [[Assumed Transverse Shear Strain Interpolation]]
- [[Total Lagrangian Shell Formulation]]
- [[MITC4 Shell Element]]
- [[MITC Shell Kinematics]]
- [[Green-Lagrange Strain Linearization]]
- [[Nonlinear Newmark-Beta Integration]]
- [[Dynamic Buckling Analysis]]
- [[Dynamic Instability Region]]
- [[Geometric Stiffness Matrix]]
- [[Scordelis-Lo Shell Benchmark]]
- [[Basic Shell Mathematical Model]]
- [[Shell Structure Asymptotic Behavior]]
- [[Shell Locking Phenomenon]]
- [[Uniform Optimal Convergence]]
- [[Shell Element Benchmark Testing]]
- [[Static Equilibrium Equation Solvers]]
- [[Direct Time Integration Methods]]
- [[Finite Element Eigenproblem Solvers]]
- [[Finite Element Program Implementation]]