On the Singular Neumann Problem in Linear Elasticity

DOI10.1002/NLA.2212MaRDI QIDQ6278095arXivWikidataFDO

Authors Miroslav Kuchta, Kent-Andre Mardal, Mikael Mortensen

Publication date 29 September 2016

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1002/NLA.2212

Multigrid methods; domain decomposition for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N55) Preconditioners for iterative methods (65F08) Iterative numerical methods for linear systems (65F10) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12) Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N15) Numerical solution of discretized equations for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N22) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Classical linear elasticity (74B05)

arXiv classification

math.NA

Abstract: The Neumann problem of linear elasticity is singular with a kernel formed by the rigid motions of the body. There are several tricks that are commonly used to obtain a non-singular linear system. However, they often cause reduced accuracy or lead to poor convergence of the iterative solvers. In this paper, different well-posed formulations of the problem are studied through discretization by the finite element method, and preconditioning strategies based on operator preconditioning are discussed. For each formulation we derive preconditioners that are independent of the discretization parameter. Preconditioners that are robust with respect to the first Lam'e constant are constructed for the pure displacement formulations, while a preconditioner that is robust in both Lam'e constants is constructed for the mixed formulation. It is shown that, for convergence in the first Sobolev norm, it is crucial to respect the orthogonality constraint derived from the continuous problem. Based on this observation a modification to the conjugate gradient method is proposed that achieves optimal error convergence of the computed solution.

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