On computing upper and lower bounds on the outputs of linear elasticity problems approximated by the smoothed finite element method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-195

  Xuan, Z C ^a   Lassila, T ^b,c   Rozza, G ^b   Quarteroni, A ^b,d  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION   (China)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Error bounds; Finite element method; Linear elasticity; Output; Smoothed finite element method

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT FIELD; ERROR BOUND; ERROR BOUNDS; FINITE ELEMENT COMPUTATIONS; J INTEGRAL; LINEAR ELASTICITY; LINEAR ELASTICITY PROBLEMS; LINEAR OUTPUT; LOCAL DISPLACEMENT; LOCAL QUANTITIES; PRIMAL AND DUAL PROBLEMS; SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SUB-PROBLEMS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

CRACK TIPS; ELASTICITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; STRAIN ENERGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77954290072     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2825     Document Type: Article

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