Dynamic Analysis vs.

Static Analysis
Dynamic analysis is the testing and evaluation of an application during runtime.
Static analysis is the testing and evaluation of an application by examining the code without
executing the application.

2.1 Definition of Static Analysis

A static analysis calculates the effects of steady loading conditions on a structure,
while ignoring inertia and damping effects, such as those caused by time-varying
loads. A static analysis can, however, include steady inertia loads (such as gravity and
rotational velocity), and time-varying loads that can be approximated as static
equivalent loads (such as the static equivalent wind and seismic loads commonly
defined in many building codes).
Two basic aspects of dynamic analysis differ from static analysis. First, dynamic loads are applied as
a function of time or frequency-. Second, this time or frequency-varying load application induces time
or frequency-varying response (displacements, velocities, accelerations, forces, and stresses).
These time or frequency-varying characteristics make dynamic analysis more complicated and more
realistic than static analysis.