Aspects of the use of orthogonal basis functions in the element-free Galerkin method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-380

  Zhuang, Xiaoying ^a   Augarde, Charles ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Element free galerkin; Meshless methods; Orthogonal basis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; EFG METHOD; ELEMENT-FREE; ELEMENT-FREE GALERKIN METHOD; GALERKIN; GALERKIN MESHLESS METHOD; MATRIX; MATRIX INVERSIONS; MESH-LESS METHODS; MOVING LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATION; NEW APPROACHES; ORTHOGONAL BASIS; ORTHOGONAL BASIS FUNCTION; POLYNOMIAL BASIS; SHAPE FUNCTIONS;

FUNCTION EVALUATION; GALERKIN METHODS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS;

EID: 72649093804     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2696     Document Type: Article

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