Symmetric Matrix Fields in the Finite Element Method

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Symmetric Matrix Fields in the Finite Element Method

Gerard Awanou

Northern Illinois University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Dekalb, IL, 60115, USA

Received: 1 April 2010; in revised form: 3 June 2010 / Accepted: 30 June 2010 / Published: 6 July 2010

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers: Symmetry Concepts and Applications)

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Abstract: The theory of elasticity is used to predict the response of a material body subject to applied forces. In the linear theory, where the displacement is small, the stress tensor which measures the internal forces is the variable of primal importance. However the symmetry of the stress tensor which expresses the conservation of angular momentum had been a challenge for finite element computations. We review in this paper approaches based on mixed finite element methods.

Keywords: symmetry; mixed method; finite element; linear elasticity

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Awanou, G. Symmetric Matrix Fields in the Finite Element Method. Symmetry 2010, 2, 1375-1389.

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Awanou G. Symmetric Matrix Fields in the Finite Element Method. Symmetry. 2010; 2(3):1375-1389.

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