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A mixed finite element method for the solution of the von Kármán equations

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A tinite element method of mixed type is proposed to solve the Dirichlet problem of the von Kármán equations. Existence and convergence of the approximate solution are proved.

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    Tetsuhiko Miyoshi

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Miyoshi, T. A mixed finite element method for the solution of the von Kármán equations. Numer. Math. 26, 255–269 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395945

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