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COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING
Volume 193, Issue 12-14, Pages 953-987Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2003.12.002
Keywords
approximation theory; finite element method; meshfree method; reproducing kernel element method
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In this part of the work, a minimal degrees of freedom, arbitrary smooth, globally compatible, I-m/C-n interpolation hierarchy is constructed in the framework of reproducing kernel element method (RKEM) for arbitrary multiple dimensional domains. This is the first interpolation hierarchical structure that has been constructed with both minimal degrees of freedom and higher order smoothness or continuity over multi-dimensional domain. The proposed hierarchical structure possesses the generalized Kronecker property, i.e. partial derivative(alpha)Psi(I)((beta))/partial derivativex(alpha)(x(j)) = delta(IJ)delta(alphabeta), \alpha\, \beta\ less than or equal tom. This contribution is the latest breakthrough of an outstanding problem-construction of a minimal degrees of freedom, globally conforming, I-m/C-n finite element interpolation fields on an arbitrary mesh or subdivision of multiple dimension. The newly constructed globally conforming interpolant is a hybrid of a set of C-infinity global partition polynomials with a highly smooth (C-n) compactly supported meshfree partition of unity. Examples of compatible RKEM hierarchical interpolations are illustrated, and they are used in a Galerkin procedure to solve differential equations. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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