An improved time integration scheme is proposed for linear and nonlinear dynamics. The proposed scheme has two free parameters which control numerical dissipation and accuracy effectively. Basic properties including spectral stability, algorithmic accuracy, algorithmic damping, period elongation and overshooting behavior are investigated. The influences of algorithmic parameters on these properties are quantified. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme for linear and nonlinear dynamics is evaluated through some numerical examples. Analytical and numerical results demonstrate that the proposed scheme has the following significant characteristics: (1) desirable accuracy can be obtained for various linear and nonlinear problems, when compared with other effective schemes; (2) for nonlinear problems, new scheme also shows good performance; (3) the proposed scheme has simple formulation and good compatibility for various dynamic problems, and thus, is a promising candidate for practical analysis.

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A novel explicit time integration method is proposed on the basis of cubic b-spline interpolation and weighted residual method. Its calculation formulation and procedure are presented. Accuracy, algorithmic damping, and period elongation are theoretically and numerically solved. The influence of two algorithmic parameters on basic properties of the proposed method is studied to obtain optimal parameters values for dynamic problems. Various linear and nonlinear dynamic problems are tested to demonstrate high efficiency of the proposed method.

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