Finite element analysis on implicitly defined domains: an accurate representation based on arbitrary parametric surfaces

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2010.10.002zbMath1225.65111OpenAlexW1980864230MaRDI QIDQ646285

Mohammed Moumnassi, Didier Quoirin, Éric Béchet, Salim Belouettar, Michel Potier-Ferry, Stéphane Pierre Alain Bordas

Publication date: 16 November 2011

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

Full work available at URL: http://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/12915

zbMATH Keywords

level set methodextended finite element methodDirichletCAD-analysiscurved boundary and sharp edgesimplicit boundary representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces) (65D17)

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Uses Software

• Gmsh
• XFEM

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