On the approximation in the smoothed finite element method (SFEM)

DOI10.1002/nme.2713zbMath1183.74261arXiv1107.3729OpenAlexW2156644976MaRDI QIDQ3549857

Sundararajan Natarajan, Stéphane Pierre Alain Bordas

Publication date: 29 March 2010

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.3729

zbMATH Keywords

SFEMsmoothed finite element methodstrain smoothingisoparametricboundary integrationdistorted meshesWachspress interpolantsnon-mapped shape functionsrational basis finite elements

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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Uses Software

• XFEM

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