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  • Matrix group: HB
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  • Matrix: HB/bcsstk10
  • Description: SYMMETRIC STIFFNESS MATRIX, BUCKLING OF HOT WASHER
  • download as a MATLAB mat-file, file size: 77 KB. Use UFget(32) or UFget('HB/bcsstk10') in MATLAB.
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    HB/bcsstk10

    dmperm of HB/bcsstk10

    HB/bcsstk10 graph

    Matrix properties
    number of rows1,086
    number of columns1,086
    nonzeros22,070
    structural full rank?yes
    structural rank1,086
    # of blocks from dmperm2
    # strongly connected comp.2
    entries not in dmperm blocks0
    explicit zero entries0
    nonzero pattern symmetrysymmetric
    numeric value symmetrysymmetric
    typereal
    structuresymmetric
    Cholesky candidate?yes
    positive definite?yes

    authorJ. Lewis
    editorI. Duff, R. Grimes, J. Lewis
    date1982
    kindstructural problem
    2D/3D problem?yes

    Ordering statistics:AMD METIS DMPERM+
    nnz(chol(P*(A+A'+s*I)*P'))23,689 27,650 23,689
    Cholesky flop count5.7e+05 8.6e+05 5.7e+05
    nnz(L+U), no partial pivoting46,292 54,214 46,292
    nnz(V) for QR, upper bound nnz(L) for LU20,786 32,592 21,604
    nnz(R) for QR, upper bound nnz(U) for LU38,611 57,679 38,817

    Maintained by Tim Davis, last updated 04-May-2008.
    Matrix pictures by cspy, a MATLAB function in the CSparse package.
    Matrix graphs by Yifan Hu, AT&T Labs Visualization Group.