A generalized approximation for the meshfree analysis of solids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 693-722

  Wu, C T ^a   Park, C K ^b   Chen, J S ^c  

^a LIVERMORE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b George Washington University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basis function; Convex approximation; Kronecker delta property; Meshfree method; Non convex approximation; Root finding scheme

Indexed keywords

BASIS FUNCTIONS; CONVEX APPROXIMATION; KRONECKER-DELTA PROPERTY; MESH-FREE METHOD; ROOTFINDING;

BLENDING; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

DELTA FUNCTIONS;

EID: 78751510323     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2991     Document Type: Article

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