Linear tetrahedral finite elements for thermal shock problems

The thermal analysis using linear standard tetrahedral finite elements may be affected by spurious local extrema in the regions affected by thermal shocks, in such a severe way to directly discourage the use of these elements. The present work proposes a slight modification to the discrete heat equa...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Fachinotti, Victor Daniel, Bellet, Michel
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2006
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/20882
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/20882
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Summary:The thermal analysis using linear standard tetrahedral finite elements may be affected by spurious local extrema in the regions affected by thermal shocks, in such a severe way to directly discourage the use of these elements. The present work proposes a slight modification to the discrete heat equation in order to obtain a system matrix in M-matrix form, which assures an oscillation-free solution. The performance of this method is evaluated by means of test case with analytical solution, as well as an industrial application, for which a well-behaved numerical solution is available