The finite element patch test revisited a computer test for convergence, validation and error estimates

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 223-254

  Zienkiewicz, O C ^a,c   Taylor, R L ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

PATCH TEST;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031249498     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00085-6     Document Type: Article

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