Bruce Irons (engineer)
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Bruce Irons was an engineer and mathematician, known for his fundamental contribution to the finite element method
, including the patch test
and the frontal solver
.
Finite element method
The finite element method is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations as well as integral equations...
, including the patch test
Patch test (finite elements)
The patch test in the finite element method is a simple indicator of the quality of a finite element, developed by Bruce Irons.The patch test uses a partial differential equation on a domain consisting from several elements set up so that the exact solution is known...
and the frontal solver
Frontal solver
A frontal solver, due to Irons is an approach to solving sparse linear systems which is used extensively in finite element analysis. It is a variant of Gauss elimination that automatically avoids a large number of operations involving zero terms....
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