Numerical issues in the virtual fields method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1287-1312

  Grédiac, Michel ^a   Pierron, Fabrice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Identification; Inverse problem; Virtual fields method

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

STRAIN FIELDS;

STRAIN;

NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 1542643989     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.914     Document Type: Article

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