In continuum mechanics, and in particular in finite element analysis, the Hu–Washizu principle is a variational principle which says that the action is stationary, where
is the elastic stiffness tensor.
The Hu–Washizu principle is used to develop mixed finite element methods.
[1] The principle is named after Hu Haichang and Kyūichirō Washizu.
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