Solving unilateral problems for beams by finite element methods

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(86)90035-6zbMath0587.73112MaRDI QIDQ1072778

Alfredo Bermúdez, Javier Fernández

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7825(86)90035-6

zbMATH Keywords

existence; error estimates; uniqueness; flexion; conforming finite elements; concentrated load; simply supported beam; regularity results; distributed load; rigid or elastic obstacle; two-dimensional fourth-order variational inequalities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65K10: Numerical optimization and variational techniques

49J40: Variational inequalities

74K10: Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.)

74B20: Nonlinear elasticity

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

65L60: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz, Galerkin and collocation methods for ordinary differential equations

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