A 20-node hexahedron element with enhanced distortion tolerance

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2501-2530

  Ooi, E T ^a   Rajendran, S ^a   Yeo, J H ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

20 node element; Distortion sensitivity; Distortion tolerance; Hexahedron element; Mesh distortion; Solid element

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY;

DISPLACEMENTS; HEXAHEDRON ELEMENT; MESH DISTORTIONS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 4143097086     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1056     Document Type: Article

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