An adaptive algorithm for upper bound limit analysis using discontinuous velocity fields

ECCOMAS 2004 - European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Lyamin, Andrei V ^a   Krabbenhøft, Kristian ^a   Sloan, Scott W ^a   Hjiaj, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Error estimation; Finite elements; Limit analysis; Upper bound

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVITY; DISCONTINUITY SURFACES; DISCONTINUOUS VELOCITY FIELDS; LIMIT ANALYSIS; TRANSITIONAL LAYERS; UPPER BOUND; UPPER BOUND LIMIT ANALYSIS; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SOIL MECHANICS; VELOCITY;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84893467739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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