A novel Lagrange-multiplier based method for consistent mesh tying

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 35-36, 2007, Pages 3335-3347

  Parks, M L ^a   Romero, L ^a   Bochev, P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Lagrange multipliers; Mesh tying; Non matching interfaces

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MESH GENERATION;

LINEAR PATCH TEST; MESH TYING; NON-MATCHING INTERFACE;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MESH GENERATION;

EID: 34250339974     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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