Static and free-vibration analyses of cracks in thin-shell structures based on an isogeometric-meshfree coupling approach

• Main Authors: Nguyen-Thanh, Nhon, Li, Weidong, Zhou, Kun
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Meshfree Method; Isogeometric Analysis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106298; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48880
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper develops a coupling approach which integrates the meshfree method and isogeometric analysis (IGA) for static and free-vibration analyses of cracks in thin-shell structures. In this approach, the domain surrounding the cracks is represented by the meshfree method while the rest domain is m...