Vibrations of cracked Euler-Bernoulli beams using Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-131

  Andreaus, U ^b   Batra, R C ^a   Porfiri, M ^a,b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breathing crack; Lagrange multipliers; Meshless method; MLPG method; Modal analysis; Multiple cracks; Transient analysis

Indexed keywords

BREATHING CRACKS; MESHLESS LOCAL PETROV-GULERKIN (MLPG) METHODS; MESHLESS METHODS; MULTIPLE CRACKS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

CRACK INITIATION; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MODAL ANALYSIS; MOTION COMPENSATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 25444482823     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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