Radial point interpolation based finite difference method for mechanics problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 728-754

  Liu, G R ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Li, Hua ^b   Lam, K Y ^b   Kee, Bernard B T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Generalized finite difference method; Least square; Meshfree method; Numerical analysis; Radial basis function; Radial point interpolation

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICS;

GENERALIZED FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MESHFREE METHOD; RADIAL POINT COLLOCATION; RADIAL POINT INTERPOLATION;

INTERPOLATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICS;

EID: 33750587678     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1733     Document Type: Article

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