Numerical Modeling of the Interactions between Circular/Elliptic/Line Inhomogeneities Embedded in a Matrix

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Yang, Chunhui ^a   Soh, Ai Kah ^a   Hoon, Kay Hiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Circular elliptic line inhomogeneities; Complex potentials; Conformal mapping; Finite elements; Hybrid displacement method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037241430     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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