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The Partition of Unity Method

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In this article, a new finite element method is presented that features the ability to include in the finite element space knowledge about the partial differential equation being solved, which can therefore be more efficient than the usual finite element methods.
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A new finite element method is presented that features the ability to include in the finite element space knowledge about the partial differential equation being solved This new method can therefore be more efficient than the usual finite element methods An additional feature of the partition-of-unity method is that finite element spaces of any desired regularity can be constructed very easily This paper includes a convergence proof of this method and illustrates its efficiency by an application to the Helmholtz equation for high wave numbers The basic estimates for a posteriori error estimation for this new method are also proved © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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The partition of unity finite element method: Basic theory and applications

TL;DR: In this article, the basic ideas and the mathematical foundation of the partition of unity finite element method (PUFEM) are presented and a detailed and illustrative analysis is given for a one-dimensional model problem.
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A phase-field description of dynamic brittle fracture

TL;DR: It is shown that the combination of the phase-field model and local adaptive refinement provides an effective method for simulating fracture in three dimensions.
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The extended/generalized finite element method: An overview of the method and its applications

TL;DR: An overview of the extended/generalized finite element method (GEFM/XFEM) with emphasis on methodological issues is presented in this article, which enables accurate approximation of solutions that involve jumps, kinks, singularities, and other locally non-smooth features within elements.
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Regularized formulation of the variational brittle fracture with unilateral contact: Numerical experiments

TL;DR: In this paper, a modified regularized formulation of the Ambrosio-Tortorelli type was proposed to avoid crack interpenetration and predicts asymmetric results in traction and in compression.
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A new method for modelling cohesive cracks using finite elements

TL;DR: In this paper, a model which allows the introduction of displacements jumps to conventional finite elements is developed, where the path of the discontinuity is completely independent of the mesh structure.
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Table of Integrals, Series, and Products

TL;DR: Combinations involving trigonometric and hyperbolic functions and power 5 Indefinite Integrals of Special Functions 6 Definite Integral Integral Functions 7.Associated Legendre Functions 8 Special Functions 9 Hypergeometric Functions 10 Vector Field Theory 11 Algebraic Inequalities 12 Integral Inequality 13 Matrices and related results 14 Determinants 15 Norms 16 Ordinary differential equations 17 Fourier, Laplace, and Mellin Transforms 18 The z-transform
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Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second Order

TL;DR: In this article, Leray-Schauder and Harnack this article considered the Dirichlet Problem for Poisson's Equation and showed that it is a special case of Divergence Form Operators.
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Element‐free Galerkin methods

TL;DR: In this article, an element-free Galerkin method which is applicable to arbitrary shapes but requires only nodal data is applied to elasticity and heat conduction problems, where moving least-squares interpolants are used to construct the trial and test functions for the variational principle.
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A two-dimensional interpolation function for irregularly-spaced data

TL;DR: In many fields using empirical areal data there arises a need for interpolating from irregularly-spaced data to produce a continuous surface as discussed by the authors, and it is assumed that a unique number (such as rainfall in meteorology, or altitude in geography) is associated with each data point.
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Reproducing kernel particle methods

TL;DR: A new continuous reproducing kernel interpolation function which explores the attractive features of the flexible time-frequency and space-wave number localization of a window function is developed and is called the reproducingkernel particle method (RKPM).
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