Proof of unconditional stability for a single-field discontinuous Galerkin finite element formulation for linear elasto-dynamics

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 194, Issue 18-20, 2005, Pages 2059-2076

  Costanzo, F ^a   Huang, H ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuous Galerkin FEM; Linear elasto dynamics; Space time finite element method; Unconditional stability

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STABILITY;

DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN (DG); GRID STRUCTURES; LINEAR ELASTO-DYNAMIC PROBLEMS;

GALERKIN METHODS;

ELASTODYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 14944369585     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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