Comparison of several mesh refinement strategies near edges

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 373-381

  Apel, Thomas ^a   Milde, Frank ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Finite element method; Mesh refinement; Singularities near edges

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS;

A PRIORI MESH GRADING; MESH REFINEMENT; SINGULARITIES NEAR EDGES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0030188655     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199607)12:7<373::AID-CNM985>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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