Smooth finite element methods: Convergence, accuracy and properties

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-208

  Nguyen Xuan, Hung ^a   Bordas, Stéphane ^b   Nguyen Dang, Hung ^c  

^a Department of Mathematics and Informatics   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boundary integration; Cracks; Distorted meshes; Finite element method; Incompressibility; Mixed variational principle; Singularities; Stabilized conforming nodal integration; Strain smoothing; Superconvergence

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CRACKS; ELASTICITY; INTEGRATION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

BOUNDARY INTEGRATION; CONVERGENCE RATE; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CRACKS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

EID: 42149096152     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2146     Document Type: Article

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