A meshfree radial point interpolation method (RPIM) for three-dimensional solids

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 421-430

  Liu, G R ^a,b   Zhang, G Y ^a   Gu, Y T ^a   Wang, Y Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3D solid; Meshfree; Meshless; Numerical analysis; Radial point interpolation

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS (RBF); RADIAL POINT INTERPOLATION METHODS (RPIM); THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLIDS;

INTERPOLATION;

EID: 25444503476     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-005-0657-6     Document Type: Article

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