One popular method of solving these types of equations, and the one FreeFem++ uses, is the finite-element method. The basic idea with this method is to take the entire problem domain and subdivide it ...

Junping Wang, Xiaoshen Wang, Xiu Ye, FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS BY H (div) ELEMENTS, Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 26, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO THE ...

In the p-version of the finite element method, the triangulation is fixed and the degree p, of the piecewise polynomial approximation, is progressively increased until some desired level of precision ...

An Introduction to Matrix Structural Analysis and Finite Element Methods is designed to be accessible to anyone with a basic understanding of statics, calculus, linear algebra, and coding.

For example, the force used in that analysis was too low and at a point where the part was at relatively low stress instead of at the maximum stress. In general, the finite element method deals ...