A transition element for uniform strain hexahedral and tetrahedral finite elements

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1933-1950

  Dohrmann, C R ^a   Key, S W ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Hourglass control; Transition element; Uniform strain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELASTICITY; STRAIN;

HOURGLASS CONTROL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032642902     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990430)44:12<1933::AID-NME574>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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