Solving 3D boundary element problems using constrained iterative approach

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-564

  Maerten, Frantz ^a,b   Maerten, Laurent ^a   Cooke, Michele ^c  

^a IGEOSS Europe   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

3D BEM; Friction; Inequality constraints; Iterative solver

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GEOPHYSICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 77955924843     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-009-9170-x     Document Type: Article

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