Convergence analysis of discrete approximations of problems in hardening plasticity

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 171, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 327-340

  Han, Weimin ^a   Reddy, B Daya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARDENING; STRESSES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTATIONAL ELASTOPLASTICITY; VARIATIONAL INEQUALITY;

ELASTOPLASTICITY;

EID: 0033115567     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(98)00214-X     Document Type: Article

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