A novel Galerkin-like weakform and a superconvergent alpha finite element method (SαFEM) for mechanics problems using triangular meshes

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4055-4087

  Liu, G R ^a,b   Nguyen Xuan, H ^a,c   Nguyen Thoi, T ^b,c   Xu, X ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Alpha finite element method ( FEM); Finite element method (FEM); Meshfree methods; Node based smoothed finite element method (NS FEM); Numerical methods; Solution bounds; Strain construction methods; Superconvergence

Indexed keywords

GALERKIN METHODS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); NUMERICAL METHODS;

ALPHA FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (ΑFEM); CONSTRUCTION METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MESHFREE METHODS; NODE-BASED SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NODE-BASED SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; SOLUTION BOUND; STRAIN CONSTRUCTION METHOD; STRAIN CONSTRUCTIONS; SUPER CONVERGENCE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 64449088696     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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