Analysis of a discontinuous Galerkin method for the bending problem of Koiter shell

DOI10.1007/S00211-015-0747-0zbMATH Open1381.74217arXiv1403.7052OpenAlexW1541269006MaRDI QIDQ281233FDOQ281233

Authors: Sheng Zhang 

Publication date: 10 May 2016

Published in: Numerische Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present an analysis for a mixed finite element method for the bending problem of Koiter shell. We derive an error estimate showing that when the geometrical coefficients of the shell mid-surface satisfy certain conditions the finite element method has the optimal order of accuracy, which is uniform with respect to the shell thickness. Generally, the error estimate shows how the accuracy is affected by the shell geometry and thickness. It suggests that to achieve optimal rate of convergence, the triangulation should be properly refined in regions where the shell geometry changes dramatically. The analysis is carried out for a balanced method in which the normal component of displacement is approximated by discontinuous piecewise cubic polynomials, while the tangential components are approximated by discontinuous piecewise quadratic polynomials, with some enrichment on elements that have edges on the free boundary. Components of the membrane stress are approximated by continuous piecewise linear functions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.7052

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Shells (74K25)

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