Analysis of rubber-like materials using meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1781-1804

  Batra, R C ^a   Porfiri, M ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite deformations; Locking phenomenon; Meshless method; Petrov Galerkin; Rubber like materials

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; GALERKIN METHODS; RUBBER; STRAIN; STRAIN ENERGY; WELDS;

FINITE DEFORMATIONS; LOCKING PHENOMENON; MESHLESS METHOD; PETROV-GALERKIN; RUBBER-LIKE MATERIALS;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 61749083951     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: 10990887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1066     Document Type: Article

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