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Numerical Solution of Plane Elasticity Problems with the Cell Method

F. Cosmi¹

1Energetics Department, University of Trieste, Italy

Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2001, 2(3), 365-372. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2001.002.365

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a methodology for solving the plane elasticity problem using the Cell Method. It is shown that with the use of a parabolic interpolation in a vectorial problem, a convergence rate of 3.5 is obtained. Such a convergence rate compares with, or is even better than, the one obtained with FEM with the same interpolation – depending on the integration technique used by the FEM application. The accuracy of the solution is also comparable or better.

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