Explicit form and efficient computation of MLS shape functions and their derivatives

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 451-466

  Breitkopf, Piotr ^a   Rassineux, Alain ^a   Touzot, Gilbert ^b   Villon, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Diffuse elements; Meshfree methods; Moving least squares approximation; Shape functions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

DIFFUSE ELEMENTS; MESHFREE METHODS; MOVING LEAST-SQUARES (MLS) APPROXIMATION;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 0033687209     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(20000530)48:3<451::AID-NME892>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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