Stability, convergence, and accuracy of a new finite element method for the circular arch problem

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(87)90074-0zbMath0607.73077MaRDI QIDQ1085680

Thomas J. R. Hughes, Leopoldo P. Franca, Isidoro Miranda, Abimael Fernando Dourado Loula

Publication date: 1987

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(87)90074-0

zbMATH Keywords

stable; error estimates; shear deformation; discrete approximation; mixed Petrov-Galerkin method; arch problem; continuous displacement interpolations; elements with equal-order discontinuous stress; Hellinger-Reissner variational formulation; optimal rates of convergence for displacements; parameter-dependent form; suboptimal rates, with gap one, for stresses

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65K10: Numerical optimization and variational techniques

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

74K15: Membranes

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