ISOGEOMETRIC COLLOCATION METHODS

We initiate the study of collocation methods for NURBS-based isogeometric analysis. The idea is to connect the superior accuracy and smoothness of NURBS basis functions with the low computational cost of collocation. We develop a one-dimensional theoretical analysis, and perform numerical tests in one, two and three dimensions. The numerical results obtained confirm theoretical results and illustrate the potential of the methodology.

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