A fully symmetric multi-zone Galerkin boundary element method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 991-1009

  Ganguly, S ^a,b,c   Layton, J B ^a   Balakrishna, C ^a,d   Kane, J H ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Aerospace Laboratory ^*

^c SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

^d GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary elements; Multi zone; zonal decomposition; Symmetric galerkin

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GALERKIN METHODS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

GALERKIN MULTIZONE METHODS; ZONAL DECOMPOSITION;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033101940     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990310)44:7<991::AID-NME540>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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