Abstract, contents list and prologue 7pp 31K unzips to 167K
1 The Displacement Method Describes the background of the displacement method of finite element analysis. 22pp 90K unzips to 436K
2 B-Spline Theory Describes the background of the theory of B-spline functions. 27pp 94K unzips to 441K
3 Theses A statement of exactly what is claimed in this dissertation. 9pp unzips to 202K
4 Prior Work A survey of other work in the general area of using B-spline basis functions within strength and stiffness analysis. 13pp 59K unzips to 297K
5 Algebraic Comparison of Univariate Elements An algebraic comparison of standard elements and B-spline elements on a standard problem in the univariate context. 20pp 79K unzips to 405K
6 Experimental Comparison of Bivariate Elements Describes experiments made on a standard bivariate problem comparing B-spline elements with the industry-standard elements. 17pp 85K unzips to 468K
6A Annexes to Chapter 6 Technical details of the experiments described in the previous chapter. 15pp 57K unzips to 279K
7 Irregular Domains The great advantage of finite elements as a technique is that it can be applied easily to domains of very complex geometry. This chapter describes how that flexibility can be retained when using spline elements. 22pp 81K unzips to 379K
8 Adaptivity with B-SPline Elements Studies ways in which spline elements can be adapted to match the element structure to the spatial frequencies present in the solution field. 13pp 61K unzips to 297K
Summary and Conclusions Summary and Conclusions 4pp 25K unzips to 121K
This page was updated 14th February 2000