A new partition of unity finite element free from the linear dependence problem and possessing the delta property

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2009.11.019zbMath1227.74065OpenAlexW1997431556MaRDI QIDQ649210

Xiaoying Zhuang, Yongchang Cai, Charles E. Augarde

Publication date: 30 November 2011

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/6750/1/6750.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

interpolationlinear dependencepartition of unitymeshlessPUFEMdelta propertydual local approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

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