Rotation free isogeometric thin shell analysis using PHT-splines

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 200, Issue 47-48, 2011, Pages 3410-3424

  Nguyen Thanh, N ^a   Kiendl, J ^b   Nguyen Xuan, H ^c   Wuchner R ^b   Bletzinger, K U ^b   Bazilevs, Y ^d   Rabczuk, T ^a  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Isogeometric analysis; NURBS; PHT splines; T meshes; Thin shell

Indexed keywords

ISOGEOMETRIC ANALYSIS; NURBS; PHT-SPLINES; T-MESHES; THIN SHELLS;

NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

SPLINES;

EID: 80052649552     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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