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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Diagonalized Stiffness Matrix Reply To: Diagonalized Stiffness Matrix

dlooman
Ansys Employee

There's no such thing.  For example, one feature of a stiffness matrix is that the row coefficients always sum to zero.  That wouldn't be possible with a diagonal matrix.  

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