Classical and enriched finite element formulations for Bloch-periodic boundary conditions

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1121-1138

  Sukumar, N ^a   Pask, J E ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint equations; Enrichment; Floquet waves; Higher order finite elements; Partition of unity; Periodic boundary conditions; Quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; QUANTUM THEORY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONSTRAINT EQUATIONS; ENRICHMENT; FLOQUET WAVES; HIGHER-ORDER FINITE ELEMENTS; PARTITION OF UNITY; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 60949103522     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2457     Document Type: Article

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