A survey of mixed finite element methods. (English) Zbl 0665.73058

Brezzi, F.

Finite elements. Theory and application, Proc. ICASE Workshop, Hampton/VA 1986, 34-49 (1989).

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A survey of the so-called mixed finite element formulations is presented in this paper for elasticity and hydrodynamic applications. The choice of discretization procedures and the appropriate numerical techniques for solving the discretized problems are discussed in detail.

Reviewer: J.C.F.Telles

MSC:

74S05	Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics
76M99	Basic methods in fluid mechanics

Keywords:

linear elliptic problems; Stokes equations for incompressible fluids; linear elasticity problems.Zbl 0657.00012; hydrodynamic applications; discretization procedures

Citations:

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