A meshfree Hermite-type radial point interpolation method for Kirchhoff plate problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1153-1178

  Liu, Y ^a   Hon, Y C ^b   Liew, L M ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hermite; Kirchhoff plate; Meshfree method; Point interpolation; Radial basis function

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

HERMITE-TYPE RADIAL POINT INTERPOLATION METHOD; KIRCHOFF PLATE PROBLEMS; MESHFREE METHOD;

INTERPOLATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTERPOLATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

EID: 33646895162     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1587     Document Type: Article

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