A normed G space and weakened weak (W2) formulation of a cell-based smoothed point interpolation method

International Journal of Computational Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-179

  Liu, G R ^a,b   Zhang, G Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell based smoothing; Finite element method (FEM); Meshfree method; Numerical methods; Point interpolation method (PIM); Weakened weak form (W2)

Indexed keywords

CELL-BASED SMOOTHING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); MESHFREE METHOD; POINT INTERPOLATION METHOD (PIM); WEAKENED WEAK FORM (W2);

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GALERKIN METHODS; INTERMODULATION; INTERMODULATION MEASUREMENT; INTERPOLATION; NUMBER THEORY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 65149097284     PISSN: 02198762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219876209001796     Document Type: Article

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