An accurate hybrid macro-element with linear displacements

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Xie, Xiao Ping ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element; Hybrid method; Poisson locking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

LINEAR DISPLACEMENTS; MACRO-ELEMENTS; NUMERICAL TESTS; POISSON LOCKING;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 11144298979     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.721     Document Type: Article

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