n-Widths, sup-infs, and optimality ratios for the k-version of the isogeometric finite element method

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 198, Issue 21-26, 2009, Pages 1726-1741

  Evans, John A ^a   Bazilevs, Yuri ^b   Babuška, Ivo ^a   Hughes, Thomas J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation; Finite element methods; Isogeometric analysis; k Method; n Widths; Sup inf

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; ISOGEOMETRIC ANALYSIS; K-METHOD; N-WIDTHS; SUP-INF;

POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 63249121158     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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