Automated generation of FEA models through idealization operators

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 83-108

  Fine, L ^a   Remondini, L ^a   Leon, J C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

Author keywords

Discrete curvature; Geometric adaptation; Idealization operators; Mechanical criterion; Polyhedral model; Vertex removal

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; TOPOLOGY;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IDEALIZATION OPERATORS; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; POLYHEDRAL GEOMETRY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0034270679     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0207(20000910/20)49:1/2<83::AID-NME924>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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