Application of hybrid Trefftz finite element method to non-linear problems of minimal surface

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1262-1277

  Wang, Hui ^a   Qin, Qing Hua ^b   Arounsavat, Detdexa ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Minimal surface problems; Radial basis function; T completed solution; The analogue equation method; The particular solution method; Trefftz finite element method

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

ANALOGUE EQUATION METHOD (AEM); MINIMAL SURFACE PROBLEMS; NON-LINEAR PROBLEMS; TREFFTZ FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

EID: 33846666668     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1810     Document Type: Article

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