An augmented lagrangian approach to material discontinuities in meshless methods

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-220

  Carpinteri, A ^a   Ferro, G ^a   Ventura, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

MATERIAL INTERFACES; MECHANICAL PROBLEMS; MESHLESS METHODS; NODAL DISCRETIZATION;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 28244441283     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-005-0706-1     Document Type: Article

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