C*-convergence in the finite element method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 4405-4425

  Bigdeli, B ^a   Kelly, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convergence; Degrees of freedom; Finite elements

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

DISPLACEMENT METHOD FORMULATION; STRESS SINGULARITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031336045     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19971215)40:23<4405::AID-NME267>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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