An improved variational method for finite element stress recovery and a posteriori error estimation

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 15-30

  Tessler, Alexander ^a   Riggs, H Ronald ^b   Freese, Colin E ^c   Cook, Geoffrey M ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ERROR ESTIMATION; STRESS RECOVERY;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032021702     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00135-7     Document Type: Article

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