Natural element approximations involving bubbles for treating mechanical models in incompressible media

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1125-1152

  Yvonnet, J ^a   Villon, Pierre ^b   Chinesta, Francisco ^c  

^a Unviersité de Marne la Vallée ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^c ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Bubble functions; Incompressible media; LBB condition; Meshless methods; Mixed formulations; Natural element method

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; TOPOLOGY;

BUBBLE FUNCTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE MEDIA; MESHLESS METHODS; MIXED FORMULATIONS; NATURAL ELEMENT METHOD;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 33646838611     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1586     Document Type: Article

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