Some remarks on finite elements with an elliptic hole

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 44, Issue 12-13, 2008, Pages 767-772

  Piltner, Reinhard ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex functions; Elasticity; Hybrid Trefftz finite elements; Stress concentration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CIRCULAR HOLES; ELLIPTIC HOLE; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); HOLE ELEMENTS; NUMERICAL PERFORMANCE; RIGID-BODY MODES; TREFFTZ FUNCTIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 48649098960     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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