A study on finite elements for capturing strong discontinuities

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2135-2161

  Oliver, J ^a   Huespe, A E ^a   Samaniego, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assumed enhanced strains; Embedded discontinuities; Finite elements; Mixed elements; Strong discontinuities

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

STRESS-LOCKING PROBLEMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037992704     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.657     Document Type: Article

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