Automatic element reordering for finite element analysis with frontal solution schemes

DOI10.1002/nme.1620190805zbMath0515.73065OpenAlexW2167080748MaRDI QIDQ3662736

Scott W. Sloan, Mark F. Randolph

Publication date: 1983

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620190805

zbMATH Keywords

FORTRAN IVelement reordering algorithmelimination order preserved as closely as possiblefrontal solution packagegenerate efficient element numberingsminimize number of nodal numbering schemesmodified version of King algorithmstarting nodes selected automatically using concepts from graph theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Numerical and other methods in solid mechanics (74S99) Computer aspects of numerical algorithms (65Y99) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids (74-04)

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