A variationally consistent αFEM (VCαFEM) for solution bounds and nearly exact solution to solid mechanics problems using quadrilateral elements

A novel alpha finite element method (αFE

A novel alpha finite element method (αFEM) for exact solution to mechanics problems using triangular and tetrahedral elements

✍ G.R. Liu; T. Nguyen-Thoi; K.Y. Lam 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 738 KB

Finite element method (FEM) Node-based smoothed finite element method (N-SFEM) Upper bound Lower bound Alpha finite element method (aFEM) a b s t r a c t The paper presents an alpha finite element method (aFEM) for computing nearly exact solution in energy norm for mechanics problems using meshes t