Least-squares finite element methods for the elasticity problem

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-60

  Yang, Suh Yuh ^a   Liu, Jinn Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Convergence; Elasticity; Elliptic systems; Error estimates; Finite elements; Least squares; Poisson ratios

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

POISSON RATIOS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031341076     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(97)00174-X     Document Type: Article

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