Variational implementation of immersed finite element methods

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 229-232, Issue , 2012, Pages 110-127

  Heltai, Luca ^a   Costanzo, Francesco ^b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element immersed boundary method; Fluid structure interaction; Immersed boundary methods; Immersed finite element method

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE LEVELS; DISCRETE SPACES; DISCRETIZATIONS; ELASTICITY PROBLEMS; FINITE DIMENSIONAL SPACE; FINITE ELEMENT; HYPER ELASTIC; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; IMMERSED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE NEWTONIAN FLUID; INTERPOLATION OPERATOR; MASS DENSITIES; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; NATURAL STABILITY; SMOOTH FUNCTIONS; SOLID-FLUID COUPLING; SOLUTION METHODS; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS; STABILITY ESTIMATES; STRONG CONSISTENCY; VARIATIONAL FORMULATION; VARIATIONAL STRUCTURES;

ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84860381320     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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