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Bicubic fundamental splines in plate bending
Author(s) -
Antes H.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/nme.1620080306
Subject(s) - finite element method , bicubic interpolation , mathematics , bending , computation , piecewise , bending of plates , polynomial , ritz method , mathematical analysis , mathematical optimization , algorithm , structural engineering , engineering , boundary value problem , linear interpolation
This paper deals with solving the two‐dimensional variational problem for plate bending by the Ritz method using bicubic fundamental splines. It is a piecewise polynomial method, very adaptable to practical numerical computation, and can be an alternative for the well‐known Finite Element Method 1 .