Limit analysis of plates using the EFG method and second-order cone programming

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1532-1552

  Le, Canh V ^a   Gilbert, Matthew ^a   Askes, Harm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EFG method; Limit analysis; Nodal integration; Second order cone programming

Indexed keywords

BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; CURVATURE SMOOTHING; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; EFG METHOD; ELEMENT-FREE; EQUALITY CONSTRAINTS; ESSENTIAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EUCLIDEAN NORM; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; GALERKIN; INTEGRATION SCHEME; KINEMATIC FORMULATION; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LIMIT LOAD; MESHLESS; MINIMIZATION PROBLEMS; MOVING LEAST SQUARES; NODAL INTEGRATION; NODAL POINTS; NON-SMOOTH; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PLASTIC PLATES; SECOND-ORDER CONE PROGRAMMING;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION;

CURVE FITTING;

EID: 67649444320     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2535     Document Type: Article

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