An explicit discontinuous Galerkin method for non-linear solid dynamics: Formulation, parallel implementation and scalability properties

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1393-1420

  Noels, L ^a,b   Radovitzky, R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discontinuous Galerkin method; Elliptic equation; Explicit time integration; Non linear dynamics

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICS; LINEARIZATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SCALABILITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD; ELLIPTIC EQUATION; TIME INTEGRATION ALGORITHM;

GALERKIN METHODS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICS; GALERKIN METHODS; LINEARIZATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SCALABILITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 44949179935     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2213     Document Type: Article

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