Simulation of 2-D nonlinear waves using finite element method with cubic spline approximation

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 663-681

  Sriram, V ^a   Sannasiraj, S A ^a   Sundar, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cubic spline; Finite element method; Nonlinear waves; Regridding; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CUBIC SPLINE APPROXIMATION; NONLINEAR WAVES; REGRIDDING; SMOOTHING;

WATER WAVES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES;

EID: 33744536765     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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