Deriving shape functions for triangular mid-edge finite elements through blending-function interpolation

DOI10.1016/0010-4485(89)90016-XMaRDI QIDQ1825580zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors K. Ho-Le

Publication date 1989

Published in CAD. Computer-Aided Design (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-4485(89)90016-x

zbMATH Keywords

computer aided designinterpolation schemesmid-edge triangular elementsnumerical examplespolynomial shape functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interpolation in approximation theory (41A05) Multidimensional problems (41A63) Numerical interpolation (65D05) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

Review text

In a finite-element mesh, mid-edge elements are often used to transition between elements of different orders. The author gives several interpolation schemes that lead to polynomial shape functions for the mid-edge triangular elements. Also, several numerical examples are given.

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