New superelements for singular derivative problems of arbitrary order

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 135-146

  Nurse, A D ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bimaterial interface problems; Finite element analysis; Offset mid side nodes; Singular problems

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERPOLATION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN;

BIMATERIAL INTERFACE PROBLEMS; OFFSET MIDSET NODES; SINGULAR PROBLEMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0039567471     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0207(20010110)50:1<135::AID-NME25>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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