TY - EJOU AU - Cosmi, F. TI - Numerical Solution of Plane Elasticity Problems with the Cell Method T2 - Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences PY - 2001 VL - 2 IS - 3 SN - 1526-1506 AB - 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. KW - Numerical method KW - Cell method KW - plane elasticity DO - 10.3970/cmes.2001.002.365