A numerical investigation of the solution of a class of fourth-order eigenvalue problems

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 456, Issue 1998, 2000, Pages 1505-1521

  Brown, B M ^a   Davies, E B ^a   Jlmack, P K ^a   Mlhajlovic, M D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biharmonic problem; Finite element; Spectral theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346796175     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2000.0573     Document Type: Article

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