Computational Mechanics for the Twenty-First Century
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping

Chapter 2

ON THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF FINITE ELEMENT PROCEDURES AND A MESHLESS TECHNIQUE

J.-F. Hiller, S. De and K.J. Bathe
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

A brief description of the state-of-the-art in some areas of finite element analysis is presented. We consider the analysis of (almost or fully) incompressible solids, plate and shell structures, contact problems, fully coupled fluid flow/structure interaction problems and error estimation. Finally, some developments towards an effective meshless solution technique are given.

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Chapter 2 ON THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF FINITE ELEMENT PROCEDURES AND A MESHLESS TECHNIQUE

Chapter 2

ON THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF FINITE ELEMENT PROCEDURES AND A MESHLESS TECHNIQUE