Isogeometric analysis: CAD, finite elements, NURBS, exact geometry and mesh refinement

2005/02/01 by Thomas J.R. Hughes, T.J.R. Hughes, J.A. Cottrell +3 · 6,234 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · #Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques #Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics #Affine transformation #Applied mathematics #Basis (linear algebra) #Basis function #Context (archaeology) #Finite element method #Geometry #Isogeometric analysis #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Monotone polygon #Numerical methods in engineering #Structural engineering

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.cma.2004.10.008

published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 194(39-41), 4135-4195 (Elsevier BV)

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