A mixed virtual element method for the vibration problem of clamped Kirchhoff plate (Q2200075)

The paper developes the virtual element method for the approximation of the vibration problem of clamped Kirchhoff plate, which involves the biharmonic eigenvalue problem. Following the theory of \textit{I. Babuška} and \textit{J. E. Osborn} [Math. Comput. 52, No. 186, 275--297 (1989; Zbl 0675.65108); Handb. Numer. Anal. 2, 641--787 (1991; Zbl 0875.65087)], the error estimates of the discrete scheme for the degree \(k \ge 2\) of polynomials are standard results. The paper extend the technique also to \(k = 1\) where the original approach can not be applied directly. Based on the spectral approximation theory, the theory of mixed virtual element method and mixed finite element method for the Stokes problem, the convergence analysis for eigenvalues and eigenfunctions is analyzed and proved. The presented umerical experiments show that the proposed numerical scheme can achieve the optimal convergence order.