A new meshless method for steady-state heat conduction problems in anisotropic and inhomogeneous media

Archive of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 563-579

  Wang, H ^a   Qin, Q H ^a,b   Kang, Y L ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analog equation method; Anisotropic materials; Fundamental solution; Heat conduction; Isotropic materials; Meshless method; Radial basis function

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANALOG EQUATION METHODS; ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS; FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTIONS; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; MESHLESS METHODS;

HEAT CONDUCTION;

EID: 21444451271     PISSN: 09391533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00419-005-0375-8     Document Type: Article

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