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Extension theorems for plate elements with applications

Author(s): Jinsheng Gu; Xiancheng Hu.
Journal: Math. Comp. 66 (1997), 1375-1388.
MSC (1991): Primary 65F10, 65N30
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Abstract: Extension theorems for plate elements are established. Their applications to the analysis of nonoverlapping domain decomposition methods for solving the plate bending problems are presented. Numerical results support our theory.


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Additional Information:

Jinsheng Gu
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Email: gjs@mailhost.cnu.edu.cn

Xiancheng Hu
Affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-97-00903-4
PII: S 0025-5718(97)00903-4
Keywords: Extension theorem, plate element, domain decomposition
Received by editor(s): November 22, 1994
Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 22, 1995 and May 1, 1996
Additional Notes: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Copyright of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society


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