Calculation of strict error bounds for finite element approximations of non-linear pointwise quantities of interest

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 84, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1638-1664

  Ladeveze P ^a,b   Chamoin, L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EADS Foundation Chair 'Advanced Computational Structural Mechanics'   (France)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Goal oriented error estimation; Handbook techniques; Non linear outputs; Strict bounds

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT PROBLEMS; ADJOINT SOLUTION; CONSTITUTIVE RELATION ERRORS; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; ERROR BOUND; EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; FATIGUE PROBLEMS; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; GOAL-ORIENTED ERROR ESTIMATION; HIGHER ORDER; LOCAL ERROR BOUND; NON-LINEAR; PARTITION OF UNITY METHODS; PROJECTION PROPERTY; STRICT BOUNDS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; HANDBOOKS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 78649679229     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2957     Document Type: Article

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