The finite element method is a powerful numerical technique that is used in all major engineering industries - in this video we'll explore how it works. We'll look at why it's useful to split the body ...

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr., 1998), pp. 560-571 (12 pages) A new mixed finite element method is formulated for the Stokes equations, in which the two components of the ...

Princeton's Dr. Jean H. Prévost and Serguei Bagrianski have released a book with World Scientific, entitled, An Introduction to Matrix Structural Analysis and Finite Element Methods. Based on a course ...

The Helmholtz equation is a fundamental partial differential equation that underpins the analysis of wave propagation, acoustic scattering and electromagnetic phenomena. Its numerical solution is ...

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 48, No. 4 (2010), pp. 1281-1312 (32 pages) We develop a mixed finite element method for elliptic problems on hexahedral grids that reduces to cell-centered ...