Performance assessment of generalized elements in the finite cover method

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-132

  Terada, Kenjiro ^a   Kurumatani, Mao ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite cover method; Generalized elements; Manifold method; Meshfree methods; Partition of unity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TOPOLOGY; VECTORS;

FINITE COVER METHOD; GENERALIZED ELEMENTS; MANIFOLD METHOD; PARTITION OF UNITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 5144222843     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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