A new finite element gradient recovery method: Superconvergence property

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1192-1213

  Zhang, Zhimin ^a,b   Naga, Ahmed ^b  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Least squares fitting; Superconvergence; Ultraconvergence; Zienkiewicz Zhu patch recovery

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURVE FITTING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

LEAST-SQURES FITTING; SUPERCONVERGENCE; ULTRACONVERGENCE; ZIENKIEWICZ-ZHU PATCH RECOVERY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 23844471344     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827503402837     Document Type: Article

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