A tutorial in elementary finite element error analysis: A systematic presentation of a priori and a posteriori error estimates

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Stewart, James R ^a,b   Hughes, Thomas J R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

ERROR ESTIMATION; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032072830     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0045-7825(97)00230-2     Document Type: Article

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