An efficient graph‐theoretical force method for three‐dimensional finite element analysis

DOI10.1002/cnm.1051zbMath1153.74045OpenAlexW2069894704MaRDI QIDQ5302290

K. Koohestani, Ali Kaveh

Publication date: 6 January 2009

Published in: Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.1051

zbMATH Keywords

sparsitynull basisflexibility matrixtetrahedron element

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of graph theory (05C90) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

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