Abstract (EN):
A higher order shear deformation theory is used for modeling orthotropic shells, with a meshless method based on global multiquadric radial basis functions. An optimization technique is presented for a quasi-independent choice of the shape parameter in the multiquadric function. The results obtained are compared with an analytical solution and show excellent accuracy.
Language:
English
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific
Contact:
ferreira@fe.up.pt; ferreira@fe.up.pt
No. of pages:
14