On the convergence of incompressible finite element formulations: The patch test and the inf-sup condition

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 539-556

  Dvorkin, E N ^a  

^a Center for Industrial Research Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Convergence; Finite elements; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ENGINEERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MATHEMATICIANS; PATCH TEST;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0034926555     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400110387145     Document Type: Article

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