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  <dc:creator>Roy A. Walters</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1980</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The frontal solution method has proven to be an effective means of solving the matrix equations resulting from the application of the finite element method to a variety of problems. In this study, several versions of the frontal method were compared in efficiency for several hydrodynamics problems. Three basic modifications were shown to be of value: 1. Elimination of equations with boundary conditions beforehand, 2. Modification of the pivoting procedures to allow dynamic management of the equation size, and 3. Storage of the eliminated equations in a vector. These modifications are sufficiently general to be applied to other classes of problems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1016/0045-7930(80)90016-X</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Elsevier</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>The frontal method in hydrodynamics simulations</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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