A new approach for numerical modal analysis using the element-free method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-27

  El Ouatouati, A ^a   Johnson, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beam; Element free; Hamilton's principle; Modal analysis; Moving least squares; Plates; Vibration

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTICITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTEGRATION; INTERPOLATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ELEMENT-FREE METHODS; HAMILTON'S PRINCIPLE; MOVING LEAST SQUARES; WEIGHTED BASE FUNCTIONS;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033322635     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990910)46:1<1::AID-NME659>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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