Error estimates for low-order isoparametric quadrilateral finite elements for plates

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1751-1772

  Durán, Ricardo G ^a   Hernández, Erwin ^b   Hervella Nieto, Luis ^c   Liberman, Elsa ^d   Rodríguezh, Rodolfo ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Isoparametric quadrilaterals; MITC methods; Reissner Mindlin

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TENSORS;

ERROR ESTIMATION; ISOPARAMETRIC QUADRILATERALS; PLATE THICKNESS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 9244256739     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142902409410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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