An h‐p‐ multigrid method for finite element analysis
- 30 March 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
- Vol. 36 (6) , 893-908
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620360602
Abstract
The finite element method generates solutions to partial differential equations by minimizing a strain energy based functional. Strain energy based techniques for adaptive mesh refinements are not always effective, however. The adaptive refinement technique proposed in this paper uses strain energy but also incorporates advantages from the h‐ and p‐ finite element methods, the multigrid method and a Delaunay based mesh generation method. The refinement technique converged rapidly and was numerically efficient when applied to determining stress concentrations around the circular hole of a thick plate under tension.Keywords
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