Errors in FEM/FEA

Discussions on FEM/FEA quality, convergence, and other errors come up often. Below is a list of online resources that may be of interest:

[li]P. Kurowski Easily made errors mar FEA results, Machine Design, 13 September 2001[/li][li]P. Kurowski More errors that mar FEA results, Machine Design 21 March 2002[/li][li]V. Apanovitch, P. Kurowski Discretization Error Control in Precise Solids Method, part 1, BENCHmark, April 2001[/li][li]V. Apanovitch, P. Kurowski Discretization Error Control in Precise Solids Method, part 2, BENCHmark, July 2001[/li][li]P. Kurowski, B.Szabo How to find Errors in the Finite Element Models, Machine Design, 25 September 1997[/li][li]How to Model and Interpret Results Part 1: An Illustration of Idealisation & Modelling Strategies From NAFEMS[/li][li]A Posterori Error Estimation in Finite Element Analysis[/li]
by Mark Ainsworth & J. Tinsley Oden)
[img http://nafems.org/images/publications/other/finite_element_posteriori_error.jpg]
[li]The Finite Element Method and its Reliability[/li]
by Ivo Babuska, University of Texas at Austin and Theofanis Strouboulis, Texas A&M University, College Station


I will add to this list I find other links to this subject.