The 8-tetrahedra longest-edge partition of right-type tetrahedra

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-265

  Plaza, A ^a   Padron M A ^b   Suarez J P ^a   Falcon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b ULPGC   (Spain)

Author keywords

8 tetrahedra longest edge partition; Maximum angle condition; Non degeneracy; Right type tetrahedron; Similarity classes

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

8-TETRAHEDRA LONGEST-EDGE PARTITION; MAXIMUM ANGLE CONDITION; NON-DEGENERACY; RIGHT-TYPE TETRAHEDRON; SIMILARITY CLASSES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 12444277295     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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