Prathap, Gangan (1986) Field-consistency: Toward a science of constrained multi-strain-field finite element formulations. Technical Report. National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore, India.Full text not available from this repository.
The finite element method has progressed rapidly from simple engineering principles through rigorous mathematical formalizations to become a body of engineering knowledge incorporating well defined13; conceptual schemes and operational procedures. However, it still lacks the self-criticality needed for a falsifiable scientific basis. In this paper, we describe an additional conceptual scheme called field-consistency, and demonstrate new methodology and terminology that helps to clear up an area of the finite element method that had13; remained difficult to understand for some time, and which enhances the predictive capabilities of error analysis of the method. This paper is also in a limited sense, an essay on how the processes of the method of Science are seen to work in this area of engineering know-how.
|Item Type:||Proj.Doc/Technical Report (Technical Report)|
|Uncontrolled Keywords:||Finite element method;Self consistent fields;Strain distribution;Strain energy methods;Error analysis;Stiffness matrix;Structural analysis|
|Subjects:||ENGINEERING > Structural Mechanics|
|Depositing User:||M/S ICAST NAL|
|Date Deposited:||08 Apr 2008|
|Last Modified:||24 May 2010 09:55|
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