Mater.Phys.Mech.(MPM)
No 1, Vol. 26, 2016, pages 5-8

APPLICATION OF UNSTRUCTURED APPROXIMATING MESHES IN DISCRETECONTINUAL
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

P.A. Akimov, O.A. Negrozov

Abstract

This paper is devoted to actual problems of application of various approximating meshes in discrete-continual finite element method of analysis of structures with regular (constant or piecewise constant) physical and geometrical parameters in one dimension (direction). Unstructured approximating meshes (with the use of discrete-continual finite elements with quadrilateral or triangular cross-sections) are under consideration. Besides, basic introduction to discrete-continual finite element method is presented as well.

Keywords: structural analysis; discrete-continual finite element method; unstructured approximating meshes.

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