Maximum-entropy meshfree method for compressible and near-incompressible elasticity

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 199, Issue 25-28, 2010, Pages 1859-1871

  Ortiz, A ^a   Puso, M A ^b   Sukumar, N ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumed strain; Convex approximation; Linear elasticity; Maximum entropy principle; Numerical integration; Volumetric locking

Indexed keywords

ASSUMED STRAINS; CONVEX APPROXIMATION; LINEAR ELASTICITY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; VOLUMETRIC LOCKING;

ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; ERRORS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTEGRATION; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 77952542494     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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