The generalized finite element method: An example of its implementation and illustration of its performance

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1401-1417

  Strouboulis, T ^a   Copps, K ^a   Babuska I ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized finite element method; Hybrid; Meshfree; Meshless; Numerical integration

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; GEOMETRY; INTEGRATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS;

GENERALIZED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARTITION OF UNITY METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033904722     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(20000320)47:8<1401::AID-NME835>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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