Advanced 4-node tetrahedrons

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1209-1231

  Tian, Rong ^a   Matsubara, Hitoshi ^a   Yagawa, Genki ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced 4 node tetrahedron; Allman's rotational dof; Corner node; Generalized node; Mesh generation; Partition of unity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; RIGIDITY;

PARTITION-OF-UNITY-BASED APPROXIMATION; TETRAHEDRAL ELEMENTS; ZERO-ENERGY MODES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845919814     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1744     Document Type: Article

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