Convergent meshfree approximation schemes of arbitrary order and smoothness

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 221-222, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-103

  Bompadre, A ^a   Perotti, L E ^a   Cyron, C J ^b   Ortiz, M ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence analysis; High order interpolation; Meshfree interpolation; Smooth interpolation

Indexed keywords

AFFINE FUNCTION; APPROXIMATION SCHEME; ARBITRARY DEGREE; ARBITRARY ORDER; CONSISTENCY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; ERROR BOUND; FINITE-ELEMENT; HIGH-ORDER; MAXIMUM-ENTROPY; MESHFREE; MESHFREE INTERPOLATION; TEST CASE;

ERROR ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; SOBOLEV SPACES;

INTERPOLATION;

EID: 84858719301     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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