Theoretical aspects of the smoothed finite element method (SFEM)

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 902-930

  Liu, G R ^a,b   Nguyen, T T ^a   Dai, K Y ^a,b   Lam, K Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Assumed strain method; Compatible model; Finite element method (FEM); Reduced integration; Smoothed finite element method (SFEM); Strain smoothing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BILINEAR QUADRILATERAL ELEMENT; SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN SMOOTHING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34548025365     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1968     Document Type: Article

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