An Optimal A Priori Error Estimate for Nonlinear Multibody Contact Problems

DOI10.1137/S0036142903436678zbMath1083.74047MaRDI QIDQ5700263

Barbara I. Wohlmuth, Stefan Hüeber

Publication date: 28 October 2005

Published in: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

linear elasticity; dual Lagrange multipliers; linear mortar finite elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74M15: Contact in solid mechanics

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

65N15: Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs

65N12: Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

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