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DAY 1 INTRODUCTION ELEMENT TECHNIQUES RIGID ELEMENTS MULTIPOINT CONSTRAINTS WORKSHOPS 1, 2 DAY 2 TRICKS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS MODEL CHECKOUT WORKSHOPS 3, 4, 5 COURSE OUTLINE DAY 3 DYNAMIC ANALYSIS SUPERELEMENT ANALYSIS NONLINEAR ANALYSIS WORKSHOPS 6, 7, 8 DAY 4 DYNAMIC ANALYSIS COMPOSITE ANALYSIS OPTIMIZATION ESTIMATE WORKSHOPS 9, 10, 11, 12, 13