Analysis of a bilinear finite element for shallow shells. II: Consistency error

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 72, Issue 244, 2003, Pages 1635-1653

  Havu, Ville ^a   Pitkäranta, Juhani ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Locking; Shells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141872539     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-03-01508-4     Document Type: Article

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