Computation of accurate nodal derivatives of finite element solutions: The finite node displacement method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1181-1207

  Ilinca, Florin ^a   Pelletier, D ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary derivatives; Error estimation; Finite elements; Nodal derivatives; Node displacement

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

AUXILIARY FLUX; BOUNDARY NODE; FINITE NODE DISPLACEMENT METHOD; SUPERCONVERGENT PATH RECOVERY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34548329526     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1979     Document Type: Article

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