A posteriori error estimation in finite element analysis

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-88

  Ainsworth, Mark ^a   Oden, J Tinsley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LINEAR ELLIPTIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031102111     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(96)01107-3     Document Type: Review

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