Identifying global/local interface boundaries using an objective search method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 805-828

  Srinivasan, S ^a   Biggers Jr , S B ^a   Latour Jr , R A ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D finite elements; Global local analysis; Global local interface identification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GLOBAL/LOCAL INTERFACE BOUNDARIES; OBJECTIVE SEARCH METHOD;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030107649     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960315)39:5<805::AID-NME883>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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