Hybrid-Trefftz displacement element for spectral analysis of bounded and unbounded media

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 671-699

  Teixeira de Freitas, J A ^a   Cismasiu C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hybrid Treffts displacement elements; Spectral analysis; Unbounded media

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELASTICITY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

DISPLACEMENT ELEMENTS;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELASTODYNAMICS;

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HYBRID TREFFTZ DISPLACEMENT ELEMENT; PERFORMANCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037305232     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(02)00615-7     Document Type: Article

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