Practical aspects of a-posteriori estimation for reliable finite element analysis

Computers and Structures

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 627-664

  Babuska I ^a   Strouboulis, T ^b   Gangaraj, S K ^b   Copps, K ^b   Datta, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimation; Error indicators; Finite element analysis; Local error; Pollution error

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN; STRESSES;

ELEMENT ERROR INDICATORS; LOCAL ERROR; POLLUTION ERROR;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 0032017743     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0045-7949(97)00106-5     Document Type: Article

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