From the individual element test to finite element templates: Evolution of the patch test

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 199-229

  Felippa, Carlos A ^a   Haugen, Bjørn ^a   Militello, Carmelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Element behaviour; Finite element templates; Patch test

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT LEVEL ERROR ESTIMATORS; FINITE ELEMENT TEMPLATES; PATCH TESTS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0029234194     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1620380204     Document Type: Article

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