A thin plate formulation without rotation DOFs based on the radial point interpolation method and triangular cells

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 958-986

  Cui, X Y ^a,b   Liu, G R ^b,c   Li, G Y ^a   Zhang, G Y ^c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Generalized smoothed Galerkin weak form; Gradient smoothing; Meshfree method; Numerical method; Radial point interpolation method (RPIM); Thin plate

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT SMOOTHING; MESH-FREE METHOD; RADIAL POINT INTERPOLATION METHOD; THIN PLATE; WEAK FORM;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; CURVE FITTING; DELTA FUNCTIONS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GALERKIN METHODS; INTERPOLATION; ROTATION; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 78751632321     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3000     Document Type: Article

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