Finite element approximation of a problem with a nonlinear Newton boundary condition

DOI10.1007/S002110050318MaRDI QIDQ1377022zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Miloslav Feistauer, Karel Najzar

Publication date 1 February 1998

Published in Numerische Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s002110050318

zbMATH Keywords

coercivityconvergenceelliptic equationerror boundsfinite elementnonlinear Newton boundary condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear boundary value problems for linear elliptic equations (35J65) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12) Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30)

Review text

This paper is concerned with the study of the finite element approximation of an elliptic equation equipped with a nonlinear Newton boundary condition (the nonlinear term has a ``polynomial behaviour). The nonlinearity in the Newton condition causes a difficulty in proving the coercivity of the problem. The authors pay special attention to the effect of numerical integration in the nonlinear boundary condition. The integration formula is exact for (at least) first degree polynomials and leads, together with the uniform \(W^{1,2}(\Omega)\)-boundedness of approximate solutions (which is our only ``regularity information), to the order of numerical integration \(O(h^{1/2-\varepsilon})\) (\(\varepsilon>0\) arbitrarily small), instead of the expected order \(O(h)\). So, the numerical integration and the nonlinearity in the Newton boundary condition lead to a loss of order of accuracy, if strong monotonicity of the problem and sufficient regularity of the exact solution are missing.

Recommendations

• Numerical integration in the finite element solution of a problem with a nonlinear Newton boundary condition
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2110751
• Error estimates for the finite element solution of elliptic problems with nonlinear newton boundary conditions
• Numerical analysis of problems with nonlinear Newton boundary conditions

Cited in

(16)

• Semiregular finite elements in solving some nonlinear problems.
• On the finite element analysis of problems with nonlinear Newton boundary conditions in nonpolygonal domains.
• Numerical solution of problems with non-linear boundary conditions
• On the effect of numerical integration in the finite element solution of an elliptic problem with a nonlinear Newton boundary condition.
• Approximation and numerical realization of 2D contact problems with Coulomb friction and a solution-dependent coefficient of friction
• A finite element method for a noncoercive elliptic problem with Neumann boundary conditions
• A fictitious domain decomposition method for a nonlinear bonded structure
• Numerical analysis of problems with nonlinear Newton boundary conditions
• Numerical integration in the finite element solution of a problem with a nonlinear Newton boundary condition
• The finite element solution of second order elliptic problems with the Newton boundary condition
• An Error Estimate for the Finite Element Solution of an Elliptic Problem with a Nonlinear Newton Boundary Condition in Nonpolygonal Domains
• Error estimates for the finite element solution of elliptic problems with nonlinear newton boundary conditions
• AN OPTIMIZATION-BASED DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHOD FOR NONLINEAR WALL LAWS IN COUPLED SYSTEMS
• Weak Galerkin Method for Second-Order Elliptic Equations with Newton Boundary Condition
• Nested Newton strategies for energy-corrected finite element methods
• Off-site enforcement of natural conditions on smooth boundaries for finite elements upon fitted straight-edged triangular meshes

This page was built for publication: Finite element approximation of a problem with a nonlinear Newton boundary condition

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1377022)