What’s The Difference Between FEM, FDM, and FVM? (.PDF Download)

April 18, 2016

How would you define the finite-element method?

The finite-element method is a computational method that subdivides a CAD model into very small but finite-sized elements of geometrically simple shapes. The collection of all these simple shapes constitutes the so-called finite-element mesh...

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