Automatic generation of octree-based three-dimensional discretizations for Partition of Unity methods

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 296-304

  Klaas, O ^a   Shephard, M S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

PARTITION OF UNITY METHOD (PUM);

MECHANICS;

EID: 0033892581     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004660050478     Document Type: Article

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