The natural element method in solid mechanics

DOI<839::AID-NME423>3.0.CO;2-R 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19981115)43:5<839::AID-NME423>3.0.CO;2-RzbMath0940.74078OpenAlexW2117225169MaRDI QIDQ4253886

N. Sukumar, Ted Beltytschko, Brian Moran

Publication date: 24 July 2000

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0207(19981115)43:5<839::aid-nme423>3.0.co;2-r

zbMATH Keywords

boundary value problemsGalerkin procedurenatural element methodVoronoi tesselationDelaunay trianglematerial discontinuitiesnonconvex bodiesnatural neighbour interpolantstwo-dimensional small displacement elastostatics

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