Family of Uniform Strain Tetrahedral Elements and a Method for Connecting Dissimilar Finite Element Meshes
Family of Uniform Strain Tetrahedral Elements and a Method for Connecting Dissimilar Finite Element Meshes
This report documents a collection of papers on a family of uniform strain tetrahedral finite elements and their connection to different element types. Also included in the report are two papers which address the general problem of connecting dissimilar meshes in two and three dimensions. Much of the work presented here was motivated by the development of the tetrahedral element described in the report 'A Suitable Low-Order, Eight-Node Tetrahedral Finite Element For Solids,' by S. W. Key (ital e