Coupling of mesh-free methods with finite elements: Basic concepts and test results

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1031-1065

  Rabczuk, Timon ^a   Xiao, Shao Ping ^b   Sauer, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b IA United States   (United States)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; EFG; Mesh free particle methods; SPH

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

ELEMENT-FREE GALERKIN METHOD; HYBRID COUPLING METHOD; INTERFACE SHAPE FUNCTIONS; MESH-FREE PARTICLE METHODS; SMOOTH PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 33749430620     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: 10990887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.871     Document Type: Review

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