Implicit boundary method for finite element analysis using non-conforming mesh or grid

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1421-1447

  Kumar, Ashok V ^a   Padmanabhan, Sanjeev ^a   Burla, Ravi ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended FEM (X FEM); Implicit boundary method; Level set method; Non conforming mesh; Structured grid

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MESH GENERATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

IMPLICIT BOUNDARY METHOD; LEVEL SET METHOD; STRUCTURED GRIDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MESH GENERATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EID: 44949233812     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2216     Document Type: Article

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