Parallel multilevel solution of nonlinear shell structures

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 194, Issue 21-24 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2513-2533

  Gee, Michael ^a   Ramm, Ekkehard ^a   Wall, Wolfgang A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algebraic multigrid; Iterative solvers; Multilevel preconditioning; Structural dynamics; Three dimensional shell

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

ITERATIVE SOLVERS; PARALLEL SIMULATIONS; SCALED DIRECTOR CONDITIONING (SDC);

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

SHELL;

EID: 16244383513     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2004.07.043     Document Type: Article

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