Article | REF: AF505 V1

Overview of the finite element method

Author: Pierre SPITERI

Publication date: July 10, 2002

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2. Reference element. Notion of curved finished element

All the elements introduced in the previous paragraphs had simple geometric forms, for example, in dimension two, triangles or squares; in practice, we have to use elements with more elaborate forms, in particular any triangles or quadrilaterals or with curved sides to best approximate the boundary, when the

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