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On the numerical corroboration of an obstacle problem for linearly elastic flexural shells

Xin Peng1, Paolo Piersanti2,3, Xiaoqin Shen1

  • 1Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Sciences, Xi'an University of Technology, P.O.Box 1243, Yanxiang Road No. 58, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, People's Republic of China.

Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
|July 15, 2024
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Keywords:
finite element methodflexural shellobstacle problemspenalty methodvariational inequalities

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