Coarse-mesh-accuracy improvement of bilinear Q4-plane element by the combined hybrid finite element method

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition)

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1456-1465

  Xie, Xiao Ping ^a   Zhou, Tian Xiao ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Aeronautics Computing Technique Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Coarse mesh accuracy; Finite element; Hybrid method; Zero energy error

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERRORS; MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COARSE MESH ACCURACY; HYBRID FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ZERO ENERGY ERROR;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 1942509642     PISSN: 02534827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02435587     Document Type: Article

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