<s>
LUSAS	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
UK-based	O
developer	O
and	O
supplier	O
of	O
Finite	B-Application
Element	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
(	O
FEA	O
)	O
application	O
software	O
products	O
that	O
bear	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LUSAS	B-Algorithm
has	O
its	O
origins	O
back	O
in	O
1970	O
when	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
research	O
workers	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
London	O
(	O
now	O
incorporated	O
into	O
Imperial	O
College	O
London	O
)	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
London	O
University	O
Stress	O
Analysis	O
System	O
,	O
"	O
LUSAS	B-Algorithm
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
team	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Paul	O
Lyons	O
,	O
who	O
,	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
set	O
up	O
an	O
independent	O
company	O
,	O
Finite	B-Application
Element	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
Ltd.	O
,	O
to	O
further	O
develop	O
,	O
and	O
subsequently	O
market	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
a	O
general	O
purpose	O
structural	O
analysis	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
specialist	O
application	O
software	O
packages	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
for	O
awareness	O
reasons	O
,	O
then	O
started	O
to	O
trade	O
under	O
the	O
LUSAS	B-Algorithm
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LUSAS	B-Algorithm
software	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
Windows-based	O
Modeller	O
,	O
used	O
for	O
model	O
building	O
and	O
viewing	O
of	O
results	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Solver	O
for	O
carrying	O
out	O
an	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Universities	O
,	O
an	O
Academic	O
version	O
which	O
permits	O
the	O
running	O
of	O
any	O
commercial	O
LUSAS	B-Algorithm
software	O
product	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
teaching	O
and	O
research	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bridges	O
designed	O
with	O
the	O
aid	O
of	O
LUSAS	B-Algorithm
include	O
the	O
Lune	O
Millennium	O
Bridge	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Gateshead	O
Millennium	O
Bridge	O
both	O
also	O
built	O
,	O
coincidentally	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
year	O
2000	O
celebrations	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Vasco	O
da	O
Gama	O
cable	O
stayed	O
bridge	O
and	O
associated	O
viaduct	O
structures	O
in	O
Portugal	O
.	O
</s>
