Application of NEM in seepage analysis with a free surface

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-37

  Jie, Yu Xin ^a   Liu, Li Zhen ^b   Xu, Wen Jie ^a   Li, Guang Xin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b North China Power Engineering Co   (China)

Author keywords

Delaunay triangle; Free surface; Natural element method (NEM); Seepage; Voronoi diagrams

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION RESULTS; DELAUNAY TRIANGLES; ELEMENT-FREE GALERKIN METHOD; FREE SURFACES; MESH-LESS METHODS; NATURAL ELEMENT METHOD; SEEPAGE ANALYSIS; VORONOI DIAGRAMS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPHIC METHODS; SEEPAGE;

SURFACES;

EID: 84876161738     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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