## Abstract The objective of the present study is to show that the numerical instability characterized by checkerboard patterns can be completely controlled when nonβconforming fourβnode finite elements are employed. Since the convergence of the nonβconforming finite element is independent of the L
Topology optimization using B-spline finite elements
β Scribed by Ashok V. Kumar; Anand Parthasarathy
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 653 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1615-1488
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