A comparison of approximate boundary conditions and infinite element methods for exterior Helmholtz problems

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 121-139

  Shirron, Joseph J ^a   Babuška, Ivo ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EXTERIOR HELMHOLTZ PROBLEMS; INFINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032475719     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(98)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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