The third form of the quadrilateral area coordinate method (QACM-III): Theory, application, and scheme of composite coordinate interpolation

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 805-818

  Long, Zhi Fei ^a   Cen, Song ^b   Wang, Li ^a   Fu, Xiang Rong ^c   Long, Yu Qiu ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element; QACM III; Quadrilateral area coordinate method; Quadrilateral element; Scheme of composite coordinate interpolation

Indexed keywords

AREA COORDINATES; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERNAL PARAMETERS; ISOPARAMETRIC ELEMENT; MEMBRANE ELEMENTS; MESH DISTORTION; NEW TOOLS; PATCH TESTS; QUADRILATERAL AREA COORDINATE METHOD; QUADRILATERAL ELEMENTS; QUADRILATERAL FINITE ELEMENT; TWO-COMPONENT;

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTERPOLATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77955514947     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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