Meshless formulation using NURBS basis functions for eigenfrequency changes of beam having multiple open-cracks

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 269, Issue 3-5, 2004, Pages 781-793

  Fan, S C ^a   Sheng, N ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CRACKS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EIGENFREQUENCY CHANGES; MESHLESS FORMULATIONS; MESHLESS ROTATIONAL SPRINGS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0347761497     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-460X(03)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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