Geometry representation issues associated with p-version finite element computations

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 39-55

  Dey, Saikat ^a   Shephard, Mark S ^a   Flaherty, Joseph E ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TOPOLOGY;

P VERSION FINITE ELEMENTS; POISSON'S EQUATION;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0031371975     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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