The importance of the exact satisfaction of the incompressibility constraint in nonlinear elasticity: mixed FEMs versus NURBS-based approximations

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 199, Issue 5-8, 2010, Pages 314-323

  Auricchio, F ^a,c,d   Beirao da Veiga L ^b,c   Lovadina, C ^a,c   Reali, A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d EUCENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Incompressible nonlinear elasticity; Mixed finite elements; NURBS based isogeometric analysis; Stability; Stream function formulation

Indexed keywords

BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS; FINITE STRAIN PROBLEMS; MIXED FINITE ELEMENTS; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL SCHEME; STABILITY LIMIT; STREAMFUNCTION FORMULATION;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; HYDRAULICS; SPLINES; STABILITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 72549094559     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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