Node-by-node meshless approach and its applications to structural analyses

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-385

  Nagashima, Toshio ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue analysis; Elastostatic analysis; Element free method; Iterative solver; Moving least squares method; Nodal integration

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELASTICITY; INTEGRATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

NODE-BY-NODE MESHLESS METHOD;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0032690220     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990930)46:3<341::AID-NME678>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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