C1 macroelements in adaptive finite element methods

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1076-1095

  Stogner, Roy H ^a   Carey, Graham F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Biharmonic; Composite element; Error indicator; Fourth order; Macroelement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ERROR INDICATOR; FOURTH ORDER; MACROELEMENT;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 34249665981     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1912     Document Type: Article

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