Analysis of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices by the meshless point weighted least-squares method

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Wang, Q X ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Lam, K Y ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

MEMS; Meshless method; Nonlinear equation; Static and dynamic analyses

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INTERPOLATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COLLOCATION POINTS; DYNAMIC ANALYSES; FIELD NODES; MESHLESS METHOD;

MEMS;

EID: 34248229743     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-006-0077-2     Document Type: Article

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