An adaptive least squares mixed finite element method for the stress-displacement formulation of linear elasticity

Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 132-148

  Cai, Zhiqiang ^a   Korsawe, Johannes ^b   Starke, Gerhard ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Leibniz Universität Hannover   (Germany)

Author keywords

Linear elasticity; Stress displacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144254602     PISSN: 0749159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/num.20029     Document Type: Article

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