A three-dimensional numerical manifold method based on tetrahedral meshes

Computers and Structures

Volumn 87, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 880-889

  Jiang, Qinghui ^a   Zhou, Chuangbing ^a   Li, Dianqing ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite cover system; Numerical manifold method; Partition of unity; Simplex integration scheme

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DISPLACEMENT FUNCTION; EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION; FINITE COVER SYSTEM; FINITE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES; GLOBAL STIFFNESS MATRIX; MANIFOLD ELEMENTS; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MANIFOLD METHOD; PARTITION OF UNITY; RESISTANCE MATRIX; SIMPLEX INTEGRATION SCHEME; TETRAHEDRAL MESHES; TOTAL POTENTIAL ENERGY;

NUMERICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EID: 67349103693     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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