Higher-order finite elements based on generalized eigenfunctions of the Laplacian

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1374-1394

  Šolín, Pavel ^a,b   Vejchodský, Tomáš ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF THERMOMECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Electrostatic micromotor; Generalized eigenfunctions; Hp FEM; Optimal shape functions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

ELECTROSTATIC MICROMOTOR; GENERALIZED EIGENFUNCTIONS; HIGHER-ORDER FINITE ELEMENTS; LAPLACE OPERATOR; OPTIMAL SHAPE FUNCTIONS;

ELECTRIC MOTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

EID: 40349106463     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2129     Document Type: Article

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