Least-squares methods for linear elasticity

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 826-842

  Cai, Zhiqiang ^a   Starke, Gerhard ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incompressible limit; Least squares method; Linear elasticity; Mixed finite element method

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; INCOMPRESSIBLE LIMIT; LINEAR ELASTICITY; STRESS TENSORS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERRORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESSES;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 10144254912     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142902418357     Document Type: Article

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