A stability study of some mixed finite elements for large deformation elasticity problems

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 194, Issue 9-11, 2005, Pages 1075-1092

  Auricchio, F ^a,b   Beirao da Veiga L ^a   Lovadina, C ^a,b   Reali, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Displacement pressure formulation; Enhanced strain technique; Finite element methods; Incompressible elasticity; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STABILITY;

FINITE ELASTICITY PROBLEMS; INCOMPRESSIBLE MATERIALS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 12344281895     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2004.06.014     Document Type: Article

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