Automatic adaptive 3-D finite element refinement using different-order tetrahedral elements

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2195-2226

  Lee, C K ^a   Lo, S H ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

3 D tetrahedral elements; Automatic refinement; Efficiency of elements; Preconditioned conjugate gradient method

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS;

ADAPTIVE THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT REFINEMENT; DIFFERENT ORDER TETRAHEDRAL ELEMENTS; PRECONDITIONED CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031168088     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19970630)40:12<2195::AID-NME153>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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