A NURBS-based parametric method bridging mesh-free and finite element formulations

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-57

  Shaw, Amit ^a   Banerjee, B ^a   Roy, D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Geometric map; NURBS; Parametric mesh free methods; Reproducing kernels; Solid mechanics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; INTERPOLATION; MAPS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON EQUATION; SPLINES; TENSORS;

(2+1)-DIMENSIONAL; APPROXIMATED FUNCTIONS; B SPLINES; BASIS FUNCTIONS; BIJECTION; CONNECTED DOMAINS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE) FORMULATION; GENERAL (CO); GRID INTEGRATION; HIGHER ORDER; INTERPOLATION PROPERTIES; KEY FEATURE; MESH FREE; MESH FREE METHODS; NONLINEAR BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PARAMETRIC METHODS; PHYSICAL DOMAIN; SHAPE FUNCTIONS; SUB DOMAINS; SUB-DOMAINS; SUBDOMAIN BOUNDARIES; TENSOR PRODUCT (TP);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 46449119369     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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