# Error Norms
When using GSA it is important that the user can be confident in the accuracy of the results. There are a number of checks that the user can carry out to check accuracy, however GSA provides some measure of the accuracy of the displacement solution. This is reported in the Analysis Details output. The definition of the error norm is different for static and modal dynamic or buckling results.
# Statics
In static analysis the error norm is not calculated unless the model shows signs of being ill-conditioned. The calculation is as follows
- Calculate the residual.
- Solve for the displacements resulting from the residual and compare these with the actual displacements.
- Calculate the error norm.
Thus
where
# Dynamics and buckling
In a dynamic analysis the error norm is always calculated as follows
and in the case of buckling