Criteria to achieve nearly optimal meshes in the h-adaptive finite element method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 4039-4061

  Fuenmayor, F J ^a   Oliver, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Error estimation; Finite element method; Optimal mesh; Refinement; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMAL MESHES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0030378106     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19961215)39:23<4039::AID-NME37>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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