Boundary element-free method (BEFM) and its application to two-dimensional elasticity problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1310-1332

  Liew, K M ^a   Cheng, Yumin ^b   Kitipornchai, S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary element free method (BEFM); Boundary integral equation; Domain of influence; Improved moving least square approximation (IMLS); Meshless method; Moving least square approximation (MLS); Weight function; Weighted orthogonal function

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLYNOMIALS;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION; DOMAIN OF INFLUENCE; IMPROVED MOVING LEAST-SQUARE APPROXIMATION; MOVING LEAST-SQUARE APPROXIMATION; WEIGHTED ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLYNOMIALS;

EID: 32444439975     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1489     Document Type: Article

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