New B-spline finite element approach for geometrical design and mechanical analysis

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 435-458

  Kagan, Pavel ^a   Fischer, Anath ^a   Bar Yoseph, Pinhas Z ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

B spline; Finite element; Geometrical design; Physically based system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

B SPLINE FINITE ELEMENT (BSFE) METHOD; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032000809     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980215)41:3<435::AID-NME292>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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