A Quad Out West

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I wrote this limerick in 2000 after coding the four node quad element in OpenSees.

I once programmed a quad out West,
Displacement-based, so not the best.
Debugged emphatically,
Converges quadratically.
It even passes the patch test.

I’m no Chris Jones. This and the algorithmic limerick are the extent of my limerick library.

Published by Michael H. Scott

I have been involved in the development, maintenance, and growth of OpenSees since its early days. I am interested in learning Python and improving my academic writing.

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