A mesh free approach using radial basis functions and parallel domain decomposition for solving three-dimensional diffusion equations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2183-2201

  Ingber, M S ^a   Chen, C S ^b   Tanski, J A ^c  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Dual reciprocity method; Method of fundamental solutions; Parallel domain decomposition; Polyharmonic splines; Radial basis functions; Schwarz neumann iteration

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; COOLING; CRYOGENICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; ENCAPSULATION; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; HEAT CONDUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRONIC COOLING; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HEAT CONDUCTION PROBLEM;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 3142685852     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1043     Document Type: Article

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