Finite Element Systems for vector bundles : elasticity and curvature

DOI10.1007/S10208-022-09555-XarXiv1906.09128MaRDI QIDQ6320847FDOQ6320847

Publication date: 21 June 2019

Abstract: We develop a theory of Finite Element Systems, for the purpose of discretizing sections of vector bundles, in particular those arizing in the theory of elasticity. In the presence of curvature we prove a discrete Bianchi identity. In the flat case we prove a de Rham theorem on cohomology groups. We check that some known mixed finite elements for the stress-displacement formulation of elasticity fit our framework. We also define, in dimension two, the first conforming finite element spaces of metrics with good linearized curvature, corresponding to strain tensors with Saint-Venant compatibility conditions. Cochains with coefficients in rigid motions are given a key role in relating continuous and discrete elasticity complexes.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) de Rham theory in global analysis (58A12) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Differential forms in global analysis (58A10) Linear elasticity with initial stresses (74B10)

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