A method of grid optimization for finite element methods

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(83)90051-8zbMath0509.73071OpenAlexW2096700863MaRDI QIDQ1838867

John E. Taylor, Noboru Kikuchi, Alejandro R. Diaz

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/25064

zbMATH Keywords

grid optimizationexampleschanging location of nodes within fixed number of degrees of freedommeasure of interpolation error

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N50) Optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P99) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for the numerical solution of initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M50) Numerical and other methods in solid mechanics (74S99)

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