Survey of trefftz-type element formulations

Computers and Structures

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-242

  Jirousek, J ^a   Zielinski A P ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

POISSON EQUATIONS; TREFFTZ ELEMENT MODEL;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031120224     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(96)00366-5     Document Type: Article

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