An improved variational method for finite element stress recovery and a posteriori error estimation

DOI10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00135-7zbMath0961.74067MaRDI QIDQ1971171

Alexander Tessler, H. R. Riggs, Colin E. Freese, Geoffrey M. Cook

Publication date: 22 March 2000

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

zbMATH Keywords

variational formulation; adaptive mesh refinement; a posteriori error estimation; two-dimensional structures; build-up aircraft components; improved finite element stress recovery; stress gradients

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

65N15: Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs

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