A set of pathological tests to validate new finite elements

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue PART 6, 2001, Pages 549-590

  Mallikarjuna Rao, K ^a   Shrinivasa, U ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

New finite elements; Patch test; Pathological tests

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; POISSON RATIO;

PATHOLOGICAL TESTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0035570712     PISSN: 02562499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02703459     Document Type: Article

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